Oedipus (DJ) — Oedipus (real name Edward Hyson) is an American radio personality. Oedipus’s radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s college station WTBS (today WMBR). He gained notoriety by starting the first Punk… … Wikipedia
Oedipus — son of Laius and Jocasta, the king and queen of Thebes, Greek, lit. swollen foot, from oidan to swell (from PIE *oid ; see EDEMA (Cf. edema)) + pous (gen. podos) foot (see FOOT (Cf. foot)). Oedipus complex (1910) coined by Freud. In Latin,… … Etymology dictionary
Oedipus — adj OEDIPAL Oedipus n OEDIPUS COMPLEX … Medical dictionary
OEDIPUS — Laii Thebanorum Regis et Iocastae filius ἀπὸ οἰ δήματος τῶ ποδῶν, hoc est, ô tumore pedum, ut Euripidi placet, Seneca Tragoedus, in Oedipo, Actu 4. v. 812. Forata ferrô gesseras vestigia Tumore nactus nomen, ac vitiô pedum. Hunc pater, cum ex… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
Oedipus — [ øː ], griechischer Mythos: Ödipus … Universal-Lexikon
Oedipus — [ed′i pəs, ē′dipəs] n. [L < Gr Oidipous (< oidein, to swell + pous, FOOT: lit., swollen foot)] Gr. Myth. the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes, who, raised by the king of Corinth, later returns to Thebes and unwittingly… … English World dictionary
Oedipus — For other uses, see Oedipus (disambiguation). Oedipus explains the riddle of the Sphinx, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, c. 1805 Topics in Greek mythology … Wikipedia
Oedipus — /ed euh peuhs, ee deuh /, n. Gk. Legend. a king of Thebes, the son of Laius and Jocasta, and the father by Jocasta of Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismeme: as was prophesied at his birth, he unwittingly killed his father and married his… … Universalium
Oedipus — Dieser Artikel beschäftigt sich mit einer Figur der griechischen Mythologie. Zum psychologischen Komplex siehe Ödipuskomplex. Ödipus (altgriechisch Οἰδίπους, Oidípous, heute Οιδίποδας, Idípodas) ist eine Gestalt der griechischen Mythologie. Er… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Oedipus — Oe|di|pus in ancient Greek stories, the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta of ↑Thebes. When he was a baby Oedipus was left to die on a mountain by his father, but he was found and taken to live with the King of Corinth, so he did not know who… … Dictionary of contemporary English