Examples of 'oedipus' in a sentence

Meaning of "oedipus"

oedipus (noun) - in Greek mythology, a tragic hero who unknowingly kills his father and marries his mother, fulfilling a prophecy. The story of Oedipus has inspired many literary works and psychological theories
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  • A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

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If oedipus had not ruined it for all of us.
Journal of personality in terms of the oedipus conflict.
The name oedipus means swollen foot.
Morality has changed since oedipus.
Oedipus wants to marry his own mother.
Feminism and the oedipus complex.
Oedipus was benifited by having such devoted daughters.
You really do have an oedipus complex.
Oedipus wanted them to share the kingdom.
Always he picks at the scabs of his ulcerating oedipus complex.
Oedipus begins in the mind of the father.
Do not take your Oedipus for reality.
Oedipus is a person who gets angry easily.
Had to address the Oedipus in the room.
Oedipus kicked the disk ahead.

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This article is about the daughter of Oedipus.
Oedipus was this guy who killed his dad.
There are two versions of the birth of Oedipus.
Oedipus refuses to recognise his crime.
Her last role was as the messenger in Oedipus.
Oedipus howled and cursed himself.
It will go especially well with my Oedipus complex.
Oedipus kicked the disc ahead.
And you may end up like Oedipus.
Oedipus asserted that he would end the pestilence.
Jocasta did not know Oedipus was her son.
Oedipus offers to challenge her to save the city.
One prime example is the story of Oedipus.
Oedipus thought for a long while.
He called this structure the Oedipus complex.
Oedipus killed his father by accident.
I guess that Oedipus thing was right.
Oedipus did not know that he was adopted.
The authority of Oedipus comes from the gods.
Oedipus is in this sense quite contemporary.
Almost like an Oedipus complex or something.
Oedipus did all he could to avoid fulfilling the prophecy.
He is a genius mathematician and has a tremendous Oedipus complex.
Oedipus was rescued by a shepard and adopted by another family.
We call it a manifestation of the Oedipus complex.
Oedipus blinds and exiles himself.
It is a situation similar to that of the child in the Oedipus.
Oedipus complex is therefore not dissolved.
I have come to your town to speak with Oedipus.
Oedipus but does not try to kill him.
A murder inspired by the Oedipus myth.
Oedipus should have been left to die as an infant.
Your mother died and left you in Oedipus.
Oedipus seeks the truth.
It has all the earmarks of a classic Oedipus complex.

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