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Sin tebanskog kralja Laja i Jokaste, razrešio zagonetku Sfinge i time oslobodio Tebu od tog čudovišta, u neznanju ubio oca i oženio se rođenom materom, sa kojom je imao decu: Eteokla, Polinika, Ismenu i Antigonu. Kada im je proročište otkrilo ovaj greh, Jokasta se ubila, a Edip u očajanju sam sebe oslepio, i u pratnji odane kćeri Antigone, došao na atički breg Kolon i tu se upokojio; predmet mnogih umetničkih i pesničkih dela (tragedije od Sofokla, Eshila, Voltera, Korneja i dr.); Edipov kompleks, u psihoanalizi: duševnih poremećaj usled sukoba između spolnog nagona prema roditeljima suprotnog spola i etičke savesti.
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Oedipus
IPA: / odiːpəs /Prince of Thebes in Greek legend, who unknowingly murdered his father and married his mother, and who answered the riddle of the Sphinx. Oedipus complex, Psychology, fixation on one's mother, especially with hatred of father.
(Greek mythology) A tragic king who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother; the subject of the drama Oedipus Rex by Sophocles; Also called: King Oedipus.
In Greek mythology, king of Thebes who unwittingly killed his father, Laius, and married his mother, Jocasta, in fulfillment of a prophecy. When he learned what he had done, he put out his eyes. His story was dramatized by the Greek tragedian Sophocles.
Left to die at birth because Laius had been warned by an oracle that his son would kill him, Oedipus was saved and brought up by the king of Corinth. Oedipus later killed Laius in a quarrel (without recognizing him). Because Oedipus saved Thebes from the Sphinx, he was granted the Theban kingdom and Jocasta (wife of Laius and his own mother) as his wife. After four children had been born, the truth was discovered. Jocasta hanged herself, Oedipus blinded himself, and as an exiled wanderer was guided by his daughter, Antigone, to a final resting place at Colonus, near Athens.