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- father of Oedipus
- Son of
👤 Labdacos father of Laios
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasEuripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophocles
- Father of
👤 Sphinx monster that terrorises Thebes
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)👤 Oedipus son of Laios and Iocaste
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE) ThebaidEpicEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Geometric (ca. 900-700 BCE)Aeschylus, Seven Against ThebesTragedy & SatyrAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
AeschylusPindar, Olympian 2Pindar🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
🌍 Acragas (Sicily) city in Sicily, now called Agrigento
PindarEuripides, Phoenician WomenEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)EuripidesOvid, IbisOvidLatinOvid, MetamorphosesSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophocles
- Husband of
👤 Iocaste mother and wife of Oidipous
Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophocles
- Has children with
👤 Iocaste mother and wife of Oidipous
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Aeschylus, Seven Against ThebesTragedy & SatyrAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
AeschylusEuripides, Phoenician WomenEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)EuripidesOvid, IbisOvidLatinSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophocles
- Ruler of
🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesGreekMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesApollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophoclesSophocles, Antigone
- Dies at
🌍 Phocis region on the Greek mainland
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)🏛️ the Split Road (Phocis) in Phocis, where Oedipus kills Laios
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesSophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophocles
- Killed by
👤 Oedipus son of Laios and Iocaste
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausaniasHomer, OdysseyEpicHomerGeometric (ca. 900-700 BCE) ThebaidEarly Archaic (ca. 700-620 BCE)Middle Archaic (ca. 620-560 BCE)Late Archaic (ca. 560-479 BCE)Euripides, Phoenician WomenTragedy & SatyrEuripidesMiddle Classical (ca. 450-400 BCE)🌍 Athens (Attica) city in Attica
EuripidesAeschylus, Seven Against ThebesAeschylusEarly Classical (ca. 480-450 BCE)AeschylusPindar, Olympian 2Pindar🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia
🌍 Acragas (Sicily) city in Sicily, now called Agrigento
PindarOvid, IbisOvidLatin🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Criptoportico I 6, 2, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p2-space-22)Wall or panel paintingLate Hellenistic (ca. 150-30 BCE)Exclude material sources that MANTO has not ascertained is held in accordance with UNESCO Convention🌍 Pompeii (Campania) city destroyed by Vesuvius
Sophocles, Oidipous TyrannosSophoclesSophocles
- Buried at
🏛️ the Tomb of Laios (Phocis) in Phocis, at the Split Road
PausaniasGeographyPausaniasGreekMiddle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)
- Buried by
👤 Damasistratos king of Plataia
Apollodoros, LibraryMythography & HistoriographyApollodorosGreekEarly Imperial (ca. 31 BCE-79 CE)Middle Imperial (ca. 69-235 CE)PausaniasGeographyPausanias
- Related Entities
- 👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) 👤 Amphion (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Damasistratos 👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Iocaste 👤 Labdacos 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Periboia (Corinthian) 👤 Polybos (Corinthian/Sicyonian) 👤 Polyphontes (herald) 👤 Lycos (Theban I) 👤 Sphinx 👤 Teiresias 👤 Zethos 👤 Oedipus 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) ⏳ the Funeral Games of Laios (Thebes) 🏛️ the House of Cadmos (Thebes) 🏛️ the Spring of Oedipus (Thebes) 🌍 the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi 🏛️ the Split Road (Phocis) 🏛️ the Tomb of Laios (Phocis) 🏺 the Cup of Laios 🌍 the Meadow of Hera (Mt Cithairon) 🏺 the Chariot of Laios 👤 Theban Shepherd (name unknown)
- Mentioned by
- 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.5 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.7 📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8 📖 Pausanias 9.2.4 📖 Pausanias 9.5.5 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280 📖 Pausanias 9.18.6 📖 Thebaid fr. 2 Davies 📖 Pausanias 9.5.6-9.5.10 📖 Pausanias 9.5.10-9.5.11 📖 Pausanias 9.26.2-9.26.4 📖 Pausanias 10.5.3-10.5.4 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 145-190 📖 Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 742-790 📖 Pindar, Olympian 2 35-47 📖 Ovid, Ibis 261-262 📖 Strabo 16.2.38-16.2.39 📖 Lucian, Zeus Catechized 13 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 87-150 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 216-274 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.759-7.795 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 345-379 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 678-725 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 771-833 📖 Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos 1110-1185 📖 Sophocles, Antigone 162-210
- Mentioned in Text
- Apollodoros, Library Thebaid Homer, Odyssey Pausanias Euripides, Phoenician Women Strabo Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes Lucian, Zeus Catechized Pindar, Olympian 2 Ovid, Ibis Ovid, Metamorphoses Sophocles, Antigone Sophocles, Oidipous Tyrannos
- Mentioned in citation of
- 📖 Homer, Odyssey 11.271-11.280 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 1-31 📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 32-54
- Depictions
- 🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Criptoportico I 6, 2, Pompeii (PALP r1-i6-p2-space-22) 🎨 Faliscan Red-Figure Volute Krater (NGV D87-1969; LIMC Chrysippos I 6)