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• n  (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus

• Laius

Quotes

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• 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 . . ."