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Laius (/ˈleɪəs, ˈlaɪəs/ L(A)Y-əs) or
Laios (Ancient Gr****: Λάϊος, romanized: Láïos) of
Thebes was a key
personage in the
Theban founding myth.
Laius was...
- best-known
version of the myth,
Oedipus was born to King
Laius and
Queen Jocasta of Thebes.
Laius wished to
thwart the prophecy, so he sent a shepherd-servant...
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result of a
curse laid upon
Laius for the time he had
violated the
sacred laws of
hospitality (Gr****: xenia). In his youth,
Laius was
taken in as a guest...
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introduced the term '
Laius complex' to
cover the
corresponding feelings on the part of the
father – what he
called the "'counter-oedipal' (
Laius) complex". Later...
- and mother-in-law of Haimon.
After Laius'
abduction and rape of
Chrysippus of Elis,
Laius married Jocasta.
Laius received an
oracle from
Delphi which...
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inside it. So Zeus
turned them all into
birds instead;
Laius became a blue
thrush (laios).
Laius shares a name with a
mythical king of Thebes, the father...
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first prize at the
Athens City Dionysia. The trilogy's
first two plays,
Laius and Oedipus, as well as the
satyr play Sphinx, are no
longer extant. When...
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complex was
itself triggered by a pre-existing
parental complex (Jocasta/
Laius). Eric
Berne also
explored the
other (parental) side of the
Oedipus complex...
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Laius as well as Oedipus.
Laius, a
previous king of Thebes, had
given the rule to
Creon while he went to
consult the
oracle at Delphi.
During Laius's...
- Film
Museum presented a year-long
exhibition titled Leida Laius. Lõpetamata
naeratus (″Leida
Laius. The
Unfinished Smile″),
which opened on
March 31, 2023...
