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n. - (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.

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  • It then occurred to me he starred in Oedipus for Kids at NYMF 2006 which he was very good in.
  • Their love affair buries the word Oedipus by having Chéri loathe his mother, who he calls not a mother at all.
  • But for the portentous length of his hair and the amazing curve of his beard, Oedipus is a very respectable-looking personage.
  • When I was a high school junior, our English teacher assigned a term paper on the theme of blindness in Oedipus Rex and King Lear.
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