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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- In Gr**** mythology, Laius (/ˈleɪəs, ˈlaɪəs/ L(A)Y-əs; Ancient Gr****: Λάϊος, romanized: Láïos) is a Cretan man who attempted to steal from Zeus, the king...
- Galen Laius Gering (born February 13, 1971) is an American actor most known for his portrayal of characters on daytime soap operas. He currently plays...
- Labdacus left behind a young son, Laius. Lycus again took control of Thebes, this time as a usurper, and denied Laius his birthright. This inaugurated...
- cell apex is fused to or separated from the discal cell base. Libythea laius laius Trimen, 1879 (eastern and southern Africa, including Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique...
- 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...