'Oedipus' definitions:

Definition of 'Oedipus'

(from WordNet)
noun
(Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles [syn: Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex]