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Oedipus Oedipus (, ; "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family. ...

was the mythical king of Thebes. Oedipus may also refer to: * Oedipus (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse

Plays

* ''

Oedipus Rex ''Oedipus Rex'', also known by its Greek title, ''Oedipus Tyrannus'' (, ), or ''Oedipus the King'', is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. While some scholars have argued that the play was first performed , this is highly uncertain. Originally, to ...

'', an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles * ''

Oedipus at Colonus ''Oedipus at Colonus'' (also ''Oedipus Coloneus''; , ''Oidipous epi Kolōnō'') is the second of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles. It was written shortly before Sophocles's death in 406 BC and produced by his grandson ...

'', an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles * ''Oedipus'' (Euripides), a mostly lost play * ''Oedipus'' (Seneca), a Latin-language tragedy by Seneca the Younger * ''Oedipus'' (Dryden), an English-language tragedy by John Dryden * ''Oedipus'' (Voltaire), a French-language tragedy by Voltaire

Operas

* ''Œdipe'', by George Enescu * ''Oedipus rex'' (opera), by Igor Stravinsky * ''Oedipus'' (opera), by Wolfgang Rihm * ''Greek'' (opera), by Mark-Anthony Turnage

Modern music

Oedipus (band) Oedipus was a rock band from Los Angeles. The band consisted of Jeremy Haffner (lead vocals, bass guitar), Stephen Cohen (guitar, vocals) and Keith Larsen (drums, vocals). The band's influences included Rage Against the Machine, Tool, Muse, 311 ...

, an American rock band * "Oedipus", a song by Regina Spektor on the album ''

Songs A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usuall ...

'' *

Oedipus (DJ) Edward Hyson, known professionally as Oedipus, is an American radio personality. He gained notoriety as the pink-haired DJ who created the first punk rock radio show in America, introducing punk and new wave music to Boston and to the country. ...

, the long-time program director of WBCN in Boston

Films

* ''Oedipus Rex'' (film), a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini

Oedipus complex

Oedipus complex In classical psychoanalytic theory, the Oedipus complex is a son's sexual attitude towards his mother and concomitant hostility toward his father, first formed during the phallic stage of psychosexual development. A daughter's attitude of desire ...

, a psychological theory * ''

Oedipina complex ''Oedipina complex'', commonly known as the Gamboa worm salamander, is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae (lungless salamanders). The species is native to western South America from Costa Rica to western Colombia and north-wes ...

'', the Gamboa worm salamander, formerly known as ''Oedipus complex''

Zoology

*''Oedipus'' Berthold, 1827, a junior synonym of the insect genus ''

Locusta Locusta or Lucusta (died 69), was a notorious maker of poisons in the 1st-century Roman Empire, active in the final two reigns of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She supposedly took part in the assassinations of Claudius and Britannicus. She was a f ...

'' (migratory locust) *''Oedipus'' Tschudi, 1838, an invalid name for the amphibian genus ''

Bolitoglossa ''Bolitoglossa'' is a genus of lungless salamanders, Common name, commonly called mushroom-tongued salamanders, tropical climbing salamanders, and web-footed salamanders, in the family Plethodontidae. Their combined geographic ranges extend fro ...

'' *''Oedipus'' Lesson, 1840, an invalid name for the primate genus ''

Saguinus The tamarins are squirrel-sized New World monkeys from the family Callitrichidae in the genus ''Saguinus''. They are the first offshoot in the Callitrichidae tree, and therefore are the sister group of a clade formed by the lion tamarins, Go ...

'' (tamarins) *''Oedipus'' Dana, 1852, an invalid name for the crustacean genus ''

Coralliocaris ''Coralliocaris'' is a genus of shrimps belonging to the family Palaemonidae Palaemonidae is a family of shrimp in the order Decapoda. Many species are carnivores that eat small invertebrates, and can be found in any aquatic habitat except th ...

'' *''Oedipus'' Menge, 1876, an invalid name for some spiders in the family

Salticidae Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family (biology), family Salticidae. , this family contained over 600 species description, described genus, genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spide ...

(jumping spiders)

Characters

Stinkor The Masters of the Universe franchise, created in 1982 as a toyline by American company Mattel, contained many characters in its various incarnations as a toyline, the television series ''He-Man and the Masters of the Universe'', a German series ...

, original name Oedipus (He-man and the masters of the universe) anime {{disambiguation