Noun: Oedipus e-du-pus or ee-du-pus
- (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama ‘Oedipus Rex’ by Sophocles
- King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex
Type of: mythical being
Encyclopedia: Oedipus