Oedipus

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figure in Greek mythology king mythological character tragic hero

Oedipus is a tragic hero in Greek mythology best known for unwittingly killing his father and marrying his mother, a fate he was prophesied to fulfill.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Oedipus canonical 36
Oedipus Rex 7
Oedipus myth 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
king ⓘ
mythological character ⓘ
tragic hero ⓘ
adoptiveFather Polybus ⓘ
adoptiveMother Merope ⓘ
appearsIn Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy ⓘ
Euripides' lost plays about Oedipus ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" ⓘ
Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" ⓘ
Theban cycle ⓘ
associatedConcept Oedipus complex ⓘ
became King of Thebes after solving the Sphinx's riddle ⓘ
birthPlace Thebes ⓘ
blinded himself ⓘ
causeOfSelfBlinding discovery of his true parentage and deeds ⓘ
centralTo Theban myths ⓘ
children Antigone ⓘ
Eteocles ⓘ
Ismene ⓘ
Polynices ⓘ
createdBy ancient Greek mythic tradition ⓘ
culture Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greece
father Laius ⓘ
freed Thebes ⓘ
surface form: Thebes from the Sphinx
genre tragedy ⓘ
hasRole Oedipus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King of Thebes
influenced Sigmund Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex ⓘ
killed Laius ⓘ
knownFor fulfilling a tragic prophecy despite attempts to avoid it ⓘ
killing his father ⓘ
marrying his mother ⓘ
languageOfPrimarySources Ancient Greek ⓘ
married Jocasta ⓘ
mother Jocasta ⓘ
notableWork central figure of the Oedipus myth ⓘ
raisedIn Corinth ⓘ
solved the riddle of the Sphinx ⓘ
spouse Jocasta ⓘ
subjectOfProphecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother ⓘ
theme fate versus free will ⓘ
guilt and innocence ⓘ
knowledge and ignorance ⓘ
sight and blindness ⓘ
timePeriodOfMyth mythic age of Thebes ⓘ
triedToAvoid the prophecy about killing his father and marrying his mother ⓘ
unknowinglyKilled his father ⓘ
unknowinglyMarried his mother ⓘ

Referenced by (56)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ancient Greek religion → hasMythologicalFigure → Oedipus ⓘ
Oedipus → hasRole → Oedipus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Thebes
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres → notableWork → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus and the Sphinx
Boeotia → mythologicalAssociation → Oedipus ⓘ
Thersander → grandfather → Oedipus ⓘ
Sophocles → notableWork → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus the King
Gustave Moreau → notableWork → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus and the Sphinx
Seneca the Younger → notableWork → Oedipus ⓘ
Thebes → associatedWithMythologicalFigure → Oedipus ⓘ
Ismene → father → Oedipus ⓘ
Polybus → raised → Oedipus ⓘ
Polybus → adoptiveFatherOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Polybus → adopted → Oedipus ⓘ
Polybus → childInMyth → Oedipus ⓘ
Oedipus complex → namedAfter → Oedipus ⓘ
Theban cycle → includesCharacter → Oedipus ⓘ
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" → mainCharacter → Oedipus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oedipus Rex
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" → alternativeTitle → Oedipus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oedipus Rex
this entity surface form: Oedipus Tyrannus
Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex" → alternativeTitle → Oedipus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oedipus Rex
this entity surface form: Oedipus the King
Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → follows → Oedipus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus
this entity surface form: Oedipus Rex
Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → mainCharacter → Oedipus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus
Sophocles' play "Oedipus at Colonus" → mythologicalCycle → Oedipus ⓘ
subject surface form: Oedipus at Colonus
this entity surface form: Oedipus myth
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → mainSubject → Oedipus ⓘ
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → hasPart → Oedipus ⓘ
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → lostComponents → Oedipus ⓘ
Aeschylus' lost plays of the Theban trilogy → associatedCharacter → Oedipus ⓘ
Eteocles → father → Oedipus ⓘ
Antigone → father → Oedipus ⓘ
Sphinx → defeatedBy → Oedipus ⓘ
Sphinx → asksRiddleTo → Oedipus ⓘ
Laius → fatherOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Laius → killedBy → Oedipus ⓘ
Laius → appearsIn → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: the myth of Oedipus
Laius → successor → Oedipus ⓘ
Polynices → father → Oedipus ⓘ
Polynices → cursedBy → Oedipus ⓘ
Jocasta → spouseOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Jocasta → motherOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Jocasta → appearsIn → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus Rex
Jocasta → appearsIn → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus Tyrannus
Jocasta → parentOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Jocasta → spouseOf → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Thebes
Jocasta → hasChildWith → Oedipus ⓘ
Seven Against Thebes → featuresCharacter → Oedipus ⓘ
Polydorus → ancestorOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Polydorus → greatGrandfatherOf → Oedipus ⓘ
Argia → relativeByMarriage → Oedipus ⓘ
Immanuel Velikovsky → notableWork → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus and Akhnaton
Electra (Sophocles) → relatedWork → Oedipus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oedipus Rex
Colonus → associatedWith → Oedipus ⓘ