Oedipus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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OEDIPUS ed ip s, e di , in Greek legend, son...by his own son; he therefore abandoned Oedipus on a mountainside. The baby was rescued...king of Corinth, who adopted him. When Oedipus was grown, he learned from the Delphic...