Oedipus
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- proper noun
- /ˈɛdɪpəs/
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- The story of Oedipus reveals the consequences of pride and the search for truth.
- Oedipus Rex
- Oedipus the King
- Oedipus complex
Oedipus in Oedipus Rex is going to make a choice.
- Oedipus in Oedipus Rex is going to make a choice.
- And you know, aside from Oedipus, most guys don't want to sleep with their mothers.
- Yes, also them, except for in this case with Oedipus Teresius, right.
- I mean, the Odyssey and the Iliad, but also Oedipus Rex, you know, not much later.
- They were Antigone, they were Oedipus Rex, they were Oedipus at Colonus.
- But thank goodness that one of those plays is Oedipus Rex.
Examples
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Oedipus was a Greek king who killed his father and married his mother.
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I'm playing Oedipus, king of Thebes.
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There is no evidence whatever that Oedipus wanted to kill his father and marry his mother.
Fiction book (1990) -
According to the messenger, Oedipus asked his daughters to bathe and clothe him before death.
Academic text (1994) -
In Sophocles' play, the Chorus must cry for Theseus to rescue Oedipus from Creon.
Academic text (1994) -
In Sophocles' tragedy, Oedipus unknowingly fulfills a prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother.
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As a tragic figure in Greek mythology, Oedipus represents the struggles of fate and free will.
Synonyms
A king of Thebes who kills his father and marries his mother without knowing
A famous Greek tragic play about a king who killed his father and married his mother without knowing
Compounds
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A hidden wish in a boy to be loved by his mother and to replace his father
- Specialized
A small South American monkey with a long white crest of hair on its head
Surface Forms
Etymology
Oedipus comes from Greek words oidein 'to swell' and pous 'foot', so the name means 'swollen foot'. A simple picture helps: as a baby his feet were tied and hurt, which gave him that name and connects to the tragic story and the psychological idea named after him.