Labdacid

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Labdacid refers to the royal house of Thebes descended from King Labdacus, including figures such as Oedipus and Antigone in Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Labdacids 2
Labdacid canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf family in Greek mythology
mythological dynasty
royal house
appearsInGenre Greek tragedy
appearsInSource Aeschylus NERFINISHED
Euripides NERFINISHED
Sophocles NERFINISHED
later mythographic compilations
associatedWithCity Thebes NERFINISHED
centralToWork Antigone (Sophocles) NERFINISHED
Oedipus Rex NERFINISHED
Oedipus at Colonus NERFINISHED
Phoenician Women NERFINISHED
Seven Against Thebes NERFINISHED
Thebaid (mythic cycle) NERFINISHED
culturalRole paradigm of tragic house in literature
hasMember Antigone NERFINISHED
Eteocles NERFINISHED
Ismene NERFINISHED
Jocasta NERFINISHED
Labdacus NERFINISHED
Laius NERFINISHED
Oedipus NERFINISHED
Polynices NERFINISHED
hasNameOrigin Labdacus NERFINISHED
hasNotableEvent Antigone’s burial of Polynices against decree
Oedipus killing Laius
Oedipus marrying Jocasta
civil war between Eteocles and Polynices
exposure of infant Oedipus
mutual killing of Eteocles and Polynices
hasProgenitor Cadmus NERFINISHED
Labdacus NERFINISHED
Polydorus of Thebes NERFINISHED
hasReputationFor family curse
tragic fate
hasTheme conflict between divine and human law
fate versus free will
incest
parricide
influenced later tragic literature
modern adaptations of Oedipus myth
languageOfTradition Ancient Greek
locatedInFictionalSetting Thebes NERFINISHED
partOfTradition Greek mythology
relatedMythicCycle Theban cycle NERFINISHED
ruledOver Kingdom of Thebes NERFINISHED

Referenced by (3)

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

Antigone familyName Labdacid
Laius belongsToFamily Labdacid
this entity surface form: Labdacids
Polydorus relatedDynasty Labdacid
this entity surface form: Labdacids