Oedipus
//ˈɛdɪpəs//
"Oedipus" in a Sentence (9 examples)
Finally, Oedipus replied.
The man, Oedipus, trembled.
Oedipus thought for a long while.
Oedipus had answered the riddle correctly!
Freud developed the love-hate relationship between parents and child as the Oedipus complex.
Does the Oedipus Complex apply to me, too? It sure doesn't feel like it, though.
Tom was disappointed by the lack of dinosaurs in Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus' destiny was fulfilled: to kill his own father and marry his mother.
Oedipus' father was Laius, king of Thebes.
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