Oedipus
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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.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Oedipus and the Sphinx | 2 |
| King of Thebes | 1 |
| Oedipus the King | 1 |
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
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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
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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
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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
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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 (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Oedipus and the Sphinx
this entity surface form:
Oedipus and the Sphinx
this entity surface form:
Oedipus the King