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- father of Oedipus
- Son of
- 👤 Labdacos
- Father of
- 👤 Sphinx 👤 Oedipus
- Husband of
- 👤 Iocaste
- Has children with
- 👤 Iocaste
- Ruler of
- 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)
- Dies at
- 🌍 Phocis 🏛️ the Split Road (Phocis)
- Killed by
- 👤 Oedipus
- Buried at
- 🏛️ the Tomb of Laios (Phocis)
- Buried by
- 👤 Damasistratos
- Related Entities
- 👤 Agenor (f. of Europe) 👤 Amphion (Theban) 👤 Apollo 👤 Chrysippos (s. of Pelops) 👤 Creon (Theban) 👤 Damasistratos 👤 Hippodameia (Elian) 👤 Iocaste 👤 Labdacos 👤 Pelops (Pisan) 👤 Polyphontes (herald) 👤 Lycos (Theban I) 👤 Sphinx 👤 Zethos 👤 Oedipus 🌍 Phocis 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) ⏳ the Funeral Games of Laios (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
- 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 📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 7.759-795
- 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
- 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)