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Oedipus

also: Oedipum, Oedipode, Oedipus

Theban hero of myth, son of Laius, fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Cicero (De Fato 30, 33) uses the oracle of his birth as a case of Chrysippus's co-fated events and as proof that Apollo could foretell only what causes in nature made necessary.

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Mentioned in 3 works (4 mentions)

On the Ends of Good and Evil phil · 1 mention
Cato the Elder, On Old Age phil · 1 mention
On Fate phil · 2 mentions

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