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Oedipus definition

Oedi·pus (ed′i pəs, ē′di-)

noun

Gr. Myth. the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes, who, raised by the king of Corinth, later returns to Thebes and unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother

Etymology: L < Gr Oidipous (< oidein, to swell + pous, foot: lit., swollen foot)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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