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Noun Named Entity
Categories: Fictional characters incorrectly presumed dead, Incest in Greek mythology, Kings in Greek mythology, Theban kings, Articles with short description
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Oedipus  King Oedipus  Oedipus Rex  Oedepus  Oedipe
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. Wikipedia
A king of Thebes in Greek mythology Wikipedia Disambiguation
Mythical Greek king of Thebes Wikidata
A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. Wiktionary
Son of Laius and Jocasta. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
mythical being
CATEGORY DOMAIN
Greek mythology
CHILD
Antigone
Eteocles
Polynices
Ismene
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Thebes
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
FATHER
Laius
MOTHER
Jocasta
NOBLE TITLE
Theban kings in Greek mythology
POSITION HELD
Theban kings in Greek mythology
SEX OR GENDER
male
SPOUSE
Jocasta
Astymedusa
Euryganeia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
Wikipedia
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Oedipus
Wikidata
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Oedipus
Wiktionary
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Oedipus
Wikipedia Redirections
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Oedepus, Oedipe, OEdipus, Oidipous, Œdipus, Οἰδίπους

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