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- son of Laios and Iocaste
- Son of
- 👤 Iocaste 👤 Laios
- Father of
- 👤 Antigone (Theban) 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Ismene (d. of Oedipus) 👤 Polyneices
- Husband of
- 👤 Astymedousa (w. of Oidipous) 👤 Iocaste
- Has children with
- 👤 Euryganeia 👤 Iocaste
- Born at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Kills
- 👤 Iocaste 👤 Laios 👤 Polyphontes (herald) 👤 Sphinx (rationalized) 👤 Sphinx 👤 the Teumessian Fox
- Blinded by
- 👤 Oedipus
- Wounded by
- 👤 Laios 👤 Polyphontes (herald)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Colonos (Attica) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Buried at
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🏛️ the Tomb of Oedipus (Athens)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Colonos Hippios (Attica)
- Body parts
- 🏺 the Bones of Oedipus
- Depictions
- 🌍 Plataia (Boiotia) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Lekythos (CAMU Δ 56)🖌️ Sicilian Red-Figure Calyx Krater attributed to the Capodarso Painter (Paolo Orsi 66557; LIMC Antigone 1)🖌️ Wall paintings from Casa del criptoportico, Pompeii (P-LOD r1-i6-p2-space-22)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Funeral Games of Oedipus (Thebes) 🌍 Argos (city) 🌍 Boiotia 🌍 Colonos (Attica) 🌍 Colonos Hippios (Attica) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Phicion (Boiotia) 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Plataia (Boiotia) 🌍 Tenea (Argolid) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Meadow of Hera (Mt Cithairon) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo (Delphi)🌍 the Sanctuary of the Eumenides (Colonos)🏛️ the Electran Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Hebdomai Gates (Thebes) 🏛️ the Split Road (Phocis) 🏛️ the Spring of Oedipus (Thebes)🏛️ the Tomb of Oedipus (Athens) 🏺 the Bones of Oedipus🏺 the Chariot of Laios🏺 the Cup of Laios 🏺 the Table of Cadmos 👤 Adrastos (Argive I) 👤 Alcmaion (epigonos) 👤 Antigone (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Astymedousa (w. of Oidipous) 👤 Athena 👤 Cadmos 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Daidalos 👤 Eteocles (Theban) 👤 Euryganeia 👤 Iocaste 👤 Ismene (d. of Oedipus) 👤 Laios 👤 Peirithous (Lapith) 👤 Periboia (Corinthian) 👤 Polybos (Corinthian/Sicyonian) 👤 Polyneices 👤 Polyphontes (herald) 👤 Sphinx (rationalized) 👤 Sphinx 👤 Teiresias 👤 Theseus 👤 Zeus 👤 the Teumessian Fox 👥 the Erinyes
- Appears in
- 📜 Cypria Argumentum 4 West📜 Oedipodia fr. 2 Davies📜 Thebaid fr. 2 Davies📜 Thebaid fr. 3 Davies📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 181-205📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 568-625📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 631-675📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790📜 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 792-830📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.7📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.9📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.6.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.7.1📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Athena 57-136📜 Corinna fr. 672 PMG📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 4.376📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1404-1424📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1480-1581📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1584-1763📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 55-85📜 Euripides, Phoenician Women 588-622📜 Euripides, Suppliant Women 147-161📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 135 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 136 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 23.676-23.680📜 Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280📜 Lucian, Gout 241-264📜 Lucian, On Salaried Posts in Great Houses 41📜 Lucian, The Dance 41📜 Ovid, Ibis 261-262📜 Palaiphatos, On Unbelievable Stories 4📜 Pausanias 1.28.7📜 Pausanias 1.30.4📜 Pausanias 10.17.3-10.17.4📜 Pausanias 10.5.3-10.5.4📜 Pausanias 4.3.3-4.3.5📜 Pausanias 5.19.1-5.19.6📜 Pausanias 9.18.6📜 Pausanias 9.2.4📜 Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4📜 Pausanias 9.5.10-9.5.11📜 Pausanias 9.5.12-9.5.13📜 Pindar, Olympian 2 35-47📜 Pindar, Pythian 4 263-299📜 Strabo 16.2.38-16.2.39📜 Strabo 8.6.22
- Mentioned in Text
- Cypria Oedipodia ThebaidAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesApollodoros, LibraryCallimachus, Hymn to AthenaCorinnaD-Scholia, IliadEuripides, Phoenician WomenEuripides, Suppliant WomenHesiod, EhoiaiHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyLucian, GoutLucian, On Salaried Posts in Great HousesLucian, The DanceOvid, IbisPalaiphatos, On Unbelievable StoriesPausaniasPindar, Olympian 2Pindar, Pythian 4Strabo