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oedipean
of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex. -
antigone
daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, who was condemned to death for cremating the body of her brother Polynices in defiance of an edict of her uncle, King Creon of Thebes -
electra complex
the sexual attachment of a female child to her father -
eteocles
a son of Oedipus and Jocasta. He expelled his brother Polynices from Thebes; they killed each other in single combat when Polynices returned as leader of the Seven against Thebes -
ismene
a daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta who did not join Antigone in her forbidden burial of their brother Polynices. -
jocasta
Classical Mythology. a queen of Thebes, the wife of Laius and the mother, later the wife, of Oedipus, by whom she bore Eteocles, Polynices, and Antigone: called Epicaste by Homer.