Oedipus Rex

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Oedipus Rex - (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles

King Oedipus, Oedipus

Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

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