laius n (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus Synonym(s) Laius
Quotes laius Sigmund Freud in guardian.co.uk King Oedipus, who struck his father Laius dead and married his mother Jocasta,Freud wrote in his radical Interpretation of Dreams, "simply [embodies] the wish-fulfilment of our childhood years . . ."