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Oedipus

Oedipus (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}UK: /ˈiːdɪpəs/, also US: /ˈɛdɪ-/ ⓘ; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Oidípous, lit. 'swollen foot') was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in…

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Basics of the myth

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Abode
Thebes
Consort
Jocasta Euryganeia Astymedusa
Offspring
Antigone Ismene Eteocles Polynices
Parents
Laius and Jocasta (biological) Polybus and Merope (adoptive)
Siblings
Alcinoë (adoptive)

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Oedipus complex

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Oedipus

Nodes104
Edges103
Triples188
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.019231
Components1

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Oedipus

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related to References · 44
Oedipus → Ancient World, Archived, August, Brown, Carloni, Colonus, Dallas, Daniela, Dictionary, Dionysus, Edmunds, Excerpt, Freiburg Press, Gaillard, Genesis Editions, Geneva, Glauco, Gods, Granada, Graves
related to Basics of the myth · 23
Oedipus → Aeschylus, Antigone, Apollo, Colonus, Corinth, Delphi, Euripides, Greek, Having, Hesiod, Homer, However, In, Jocasta, Laius, Oedipus Rex, Oracle, Pindar, Sophocles, The Oracle
related to Post-Classical literature · 23
Oedipus → AD, Claire Higgins, Frank McGuinness, He, It, John Dryden, Julius Caesar, Latin, Metamorphoses, National Theatre, Oedipus's, Ovid, Ralph Fiennes, Renaissance, Rome, Seneca, Seneca's, Some, Sophocles, Sphinx
related to Euripides's Phoenissae, Chrysippus, and Oedipus · 22
Oedipus → Aeschylus, Antigone, At, Chrysippus, Eteocles, Euripides, Euripides's Phoenissae, Extant, First, Furies, Generally, In Chrysippus, Jocasta, Laius, Laius's, Pelops's, Polynices, Second, Seven Against Thebes, The
related to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC) · 17
Oedipus → Aeschylus, Athenian, BC, City Dionysia, Eteocles, House, In, In Seven Against Thebes, Laius, Much, Oedipus's, Of, Oresteia, Polynices, Seven Against Thebes, The, The Sphinx
related to Ancient sources · 17
Oedipus → After Oedipus, As, BC, He, Homer, Jocasta, King Laius, Laius, Oedipus's, Queen Jocasta, Sphinx, Sphinx's, Thebes, Though, Upon, Written, Years
related to Sophocles's Theban plays · 15
Oedipus → All, Antigone, City, Colonus, King, King Oedipus, Not, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus Tyrannus, Originally, Sophocles, Sophocles's, The, Theban, Thebes
related to Other playwrights · 8
Oedipus → Achaeus, At, BC, Eretria, Nichomachus, Sophocles, These, Xenocles
related to Oedipus complex · 7
Oedipus → Freud, Greek, It, Jocasta, Merope, Sigmund Freud, This
related to External links · 6
Oedipus → Dialogues, Lewis, Oedipi, OPenn, Sphingis, Sphinx

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thebes laius jocasta king antigone creon son play father sphinx polynices killed polybus mother eteocles plays also myth would two

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
OedipusAbodeThebes1.00infobox
OedipusConsortJocasta Euryganeia Astymedusa1.00infobox
OedipusOffspringAntigone Ismene Eteocles Polynices1.00infobox
OedipusParentsLaius and Jocasta (biological) Polybus and Merope (adoptive)1.00infobox
OedipusSiblingsAlcinoë (adoptive)1.00infobox
Oedipusis asubject of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus Rex0.90text
Oedipusrelated to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC)In0.60section
Oedipusrelated to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC)BC0.60section
Oedipusrelated to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC)Athenian0.60section
Oedipusrelated to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC)Aeschylus0.60section
Oedipusrelated to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC)City Dionysia0.60section
Oedipusrelated to Aeschylus's Seven Against Thebes trilogy (467 BC)Of0.60section

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