Definitions for oedipusˈɛd ə pəs, ˈi də-

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Oed•i•pusˈɛd ə pəs, ˈi də-(n.)

  1. a legendary king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, who fulfilled a prophecy made at his birth by unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother.

    Category: Mythology

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex(noun)

    (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

Wiktionary

  1. Oedipus(ProperNoun)

    A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Oedipus

    a mythological king of Thebes, son of Laius and Jocasta, and fated to kill his father and marry his mother; unwittingly slew his father in a quarrel; for answering the riddle of the Sphinx (q. v.) was made king in his stead, and wedded his widow, by whom he became the father of four children; on discovery of the incest Jocasta hanged herself, and Oedipus went mad and put out his eyes.


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