Words starting with oedipusa
Maybe these words will be useful:
- oedipus — a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his mother and, in penance, blinded himself and went into exile.
- oedipus at colonus — a tragedy by Sophocles, written toward the end of his life and produced posthumously in 401? b.c.
- oedipus complex — the unresolved desire of a child for sexual gratification through the parent of the opposite sex, especially the desire of a son for his mother. This involves, first, identification with and, later, hatred for the parent of the same sex, who is considered by the child as a rival.
- oedipus rex — a tragedy (c430 b.c.) by Sophocles.
- oedipal — of, characterized by, or resulting from the Oedipus complex.
- oedipean — of, relating to, or characteristic of Oedipus or the Oedipus complex.
- oedipally — in an oedipal manner