'''Oedipus''', mythical king of [[Thebes]] who killed his father and married his mother in ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'', a [[Greek tragedy]] by [[Sophocles]].
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'''Oedipus''' was a mythical king of [[Thebes]] who killed his father and married his mother in ''[[Oedipus the King]]'', a [[Greek tragedy]] by [[Sophocles]]. Oedipus is also the subject of Sophocles' ''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]''.