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Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King.'.
; ...occasions Jocasta speaks of her first husband - Laius, the former king of Thebes - and of her...time in relation to a prophecy foretold to Laius, which said his son would rise up to destroy...prompts Jocasta to speak of him, and of Laius, is that Oedipus has expressed his anger...
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All you need to know about the books you meant to read
; ...there will be no respite until the murderer of King Laius is brought to book. Laius's successor, Oedipus, promises to explore the truth...Tiresius to be in league with his brother-in-law, Creon. Laius's wife Jocasta is now married to Oedipus. She describes...
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The list
; REARING ROYALS: King Laius: "don't call him Oedipus and keep him away from his mother"; King Herod: "a firm hand with the under-2s"; the Red Queen in Alice...
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THE LIST
; HEIRS AND DISGRACES: Oedipus killed Laius, his father, and married Jocasta, his mother; Adam might have been a bit disobedient but his son Cain was a murderer; Goneril and...
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Oedipus wrecks
; ...Isaac, for instance, would bump Oedipus and Laius. "The Greek notion of a tragedy is that...buffs and fans of the Doors might recall, Laius' son Oedipus is pre-destined to kill his...mom in the strife-rife Greek tale -- so Laius tries to have his boy offed before that...
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The mother of all myths
; ...the son of the King and Queen of Thebes, Laius and Jocasta. When Oedipus was still a baby...to be disposed of, after the Oracle told Laius he would be killed by his son. In an attempt...the unpunished murder of the late king, Laius. Oedipus places a terrible curse on the...
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Final cut: Hollywood does the afterlife.(Thinking About Death: Part 2)(Critical Essay)
; ...afterlife presents moviemakers with one big headache: eternity. Drama demands that time run out--Oedipus must identify the killer of Laius before the plague wipes out Thebes; at high noon, the train arrives and Gary Cooper must face his enemies--but in eternity time...
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Deceptive and deadly numbers and letters in Christie's double versions of Ten Little Indians and Witness for the Prosecution.(Critical Essay)
; ...detective genre was established by Oedipus, whose search for Laius' murderer is represented as a numerical mystery built upon the...four feet, also solves the numerical mystery of the identity of Laius's killer--the mystery of a single man named Oedipus who discovers...
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Mother Knows Best.(Review)
; ...be, well, his mother. But in Perlman's version of the tale, the queen is still in her prime (she married her first husband, Laius, at 14). Perlman-a member of the CPH Playwrights Unit--begins her play on the eve of Jocasta's unwitting wedding to her son...
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MASKS STIFLE EFFECT OF 'OEDIPUS'.(Spotlight)
; ...The events have already occurred in which Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes...As an adult, the unwitting Oedipus met Laius on the road and killed him, then continued...explanation from the gods that only when Laius' killer is found will the famine be lifted...
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