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Oedipus
EH-dih-puhs
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A figure from Greek mythology who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother, later the subject of Sophocles's tragedies.
"Freud borrowed the name Oedipus for his theory about childhood desire and rivalry."
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Etymology
From Greek Oidipous, literally "swollen foot", referring to an injury he received as an abandoned infant.