- Information
- father of Oedipus
- Son of
- 👤 Labdacos
- Father of
- 👤 Oedipus 👤 Sphinx
- Husband of
- 👤 Iocaste
- Has children with
- 👤 Iocaste
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Phocis 🏛️ the Split Road (Phocis)
- Killed by
- 👤 Oedipus
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Laios (Phocis)
- Buried by
- 👤 Damasistratos
- Depictions
- 🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa del criptoportico, Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i6-p2-space-22)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Laios (Thebes) 🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Meadow of Hera (Mt Cithairon) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🏛️ the Split Road (Phocis) 🏛️ the Spring of Oedipus (Thebes)🏛️ the Tomb of Laios (Phocis) 🏺 the Chariot of Laios🏺 the Cup of Laios 👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) 👤 Amphion (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Damasistratos 👤 Iocaste 👤 Labdacos 👤 Lycos (Theban I) 👤 Oedipus 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Polyphontes (herald) 👤 Sphinx 👤 Zethos
- Appears in
- 📜 Thebaid fr. 2 Davies📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 145-190📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280📜 Ovid, Ibis 261-262📜 Pausanias 10.5.3-10.5.4📜 Pausanias 9.18.6📜 Pausanias 9.2.4📜 Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4📜 Pausanias 9.5.10-9.5.11📜 Pausanias 9.5.5📜 Pausanias 9.5.6-9.5.10📜 Pindar, Olympian 2 35-47📜 Strabo 16.2.38-16.2.39
- Mentioned in Text
- ThebaidAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesApollodoros, LibraryEuripides, Phoenician WomenHomer, OdysseyOvid, IbisPausaniasPindar, Olympian 2Strabo