A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother, (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; (synonym) King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex, I am no OEdipus I cannot guess what you mean OEdipus guessed the riddle of the Sphinx, and saved Thebes from her ravages (See Sphinx ), in ancient Greek stories, the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. When he was a baby Oedipus was left to die on a mountain by his father, but he was found and taken to live with the King of Corinth, so he did not know who his real parents were. When he became an adult, Oedipus returned to Thebes and, without knowing who they were, killed his father and married his mother. His story is told in the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. In Greek mythology, a king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. In the most familiar version of the story, Laius, king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would slay him. When his wife, Jocasta, bore a son, he exposed the baby on a mountainside, but the infant Oedipus was saved by a shepherd and adopted by the king of Corinth. In early manhood, as Oedipus traveled toward Thebes, he met Laius, who provoked a quarrel; in the ensuing fracas, Oedipus killed him. He then rid Thebes of the destructive Sphinx by answering her riddle; as a reward he was given the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen his mother. They had four children, including Antigone. When at last they learned the truth, Jocasta committed suicide and Oedipus blinded himself and went into exile. Oedipus has served as the hero of many tragedies, most notably Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus, king who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother (Greek Mythology), Character of Ancient Greek Mythology, who slayed his father and married his mother Theorized as based on the life of Akhenaten by Velikovsky Links: Religion, Moses, Oedipus and Akhenaten, Oedipus, Bookshop (for Velikovsky's book), Theban hero who killed his father & married his mother by accident, then blinded himself when he realized what he had done Defeats the sphinx Odysseus: Greek Ulysses, king of Ithaca, hero of Homer's Odyssey Paris: = Alexander Son of Priam, who starts Trojan War by seducing Helen Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons killed by Achilles at Troy, (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,
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A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother
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(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; (synonym) King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
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I am no OEdipus I cannot guess what you mean OEdipus guessed the riddle of the Sphinx, and saved Thebes from her ravages (See Sphinx )
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in ancient Greek stories, the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of Thebes. When he was a baby Oedipus was left to die on a mountain by his father, but he was found and taken to live with the King of Corinth, so he did not know who his real parents were. When he became an adult, Oedipus returned to Thebes and, without knowing who they were, killed his father and married his mother. His story is told in the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. In Greek mythology, a king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. In the most familiar version of the story, Laius, king of Thebes, was warned by an oracle that his son would slay him. When his wife, Jocasta, bore a son, he exposed the baby on a mountainside, but the infant Oedipus was saved by a shepherd and adopted by the king of Corinth. In early manhood, as Oedipus traveled toward Thebes, he met Laius, who provoked a quarrel; in the ensuing fracas, Oedipus killed him. He then rid Thebes of the destructive Sphinx by answering her riddle; as a reward he was given the throne of Thebes and the hand of the widowed queen his mother. They had four children, including Antigone. When at last they learned the truth, Jocasta committed suicide and Oedipus blinded himself and went into exile. Oedipus has served as the hero of many tragedies, most notably Sophocles' Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus
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Character of Ancient Greek Mythology, who slayed his father and married his mother Theorized as based on the life of Akhenaten by Velikovsky Links: Religion, Moses, Oedipus and Akhenaten, Oedipus, Bookshop (for Velikovsky's book)
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Theban hero who killed his father & married his mother by accident, then blinded himself when he realized what he had done Defeats the sphinx Odysseus: Greek Ulysses, king of Ithaca, hero of Homer's Odyssey Paris: = Alexander Son of Priam, who starts Trojan War by seducing Helen Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons killed by Achilles at Troy
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(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
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