Oedipus (disambiguation)
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Oedipus
was the mythical king of Thebes.
Oedipus may also refer to:
Oedipus
Oedipus was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. He fulfilled a prophecy that said he would kill his father and marry his mother, and thus brought disaster on his city and family...
was the mythical king of Thebes.
Oedipus may also refer to:
- Oedipus (horse)Oedipus (horse)Oedipus was an American Champion Thoroughbred steeplechase racehorse. Sired by 1929's flat racing Horse of the Year Blue Larkspur and foaled in Kentucky, Oedipus was purchased by Lillian Bostwick Phipps and was conditioned by future Hall of Fame trainer Pete Bostwick.Oedipus raced from 1948...
, an American Thoroughbred racehorse
Plays
- Oedipus the KingOedipus the KingOedipus the King , also known by the Latin title Oedipus Rex, is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles that was first performed c. 429 BCE. It was the second of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be produced, but it comes first in the internal chronology, followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone...
, an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles - Oedipus at ColonusOedipus at ColonusOedipus at Colonus is one of the three Theban plays of the Athenian tragedian Sophocles...
, an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles - Oedipus (Seneca)Oedipus (Seneca)Oedipus is a tragic play that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus, which is better known through the play Oedipus the King by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles...
, a Latin-language tragedy by Seneca the Younger - Oedipus (Dryden)Oedipus (Dryden)The heroic drama Oedipus: A Tragedy, is an adaption of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, written by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. After being licensed in 1678 and published in 1679, it became a huge success on stage during the Restoration period....
, an English-language tragedy by John Dryden - Oedipus (Voltaire), a French-language tragedy by Voltaire
Operas
- Oedipus (Z.583, theatre music), by Henry Purcell
- Œdipe (opera), by George Enescu
- Oedipus rex (opera)Oedipus rex (opera)Oedipus rex is an "Opera-oratorio after Sophocles" by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus. The libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy, was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin...
, by Igor Stravinsky - Oedipus (opera), by Wolfgang RihmWolfgang RihmWolfgang Rihm is a German composer.Rihm is Head of the Institute of Modern Music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music and has been composer in residence at the Lucerne Festival and the Salzburg Festival...
- GreekGreek (opera)Greek is an opera in two acts composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage to a libretto adapted by Turnage and Jonathan Moore from Steven Berkoff's 1980 verse play Greek. The play and the opera are a re-telling of Sophocles's Greek tragedy Oedipus the King with the setting changed to the East End of London in...
, by Mark-Anthony TurnageMark-Anthony TurnageMark-Anthony Turnage is a prolific English composer of classical music. His initial musical studies were with Oliver Knussen, John Lambert, and later with Gunther Schuller...
Modern music
- Oedipus RecordsOedipus RecordsOedipus Records is an independent record label started in Torrance, California by Gabe Abaud, Patrick Enzor, and Micheal Corso in 2002. Originally it was intended as a business venture for Corso, who has since graduated with a business degree from the University of Southern California...
, a record label - "Oedipus", a song by Regina Spektor on the album SongsSongs (Regina Spektor album)Songs is the second album by singer-songwriter Regina Spektor. The album was recorded in its entirety on Christmas Day of 2001; all songs were recorded in one take. Self-released copies of the album were sold at Spektor's early live shows, but the album is now available for purchase periodically at...
- Oedipus (DJ)Oedipus (DJ)Oedipus is an American radio personality. Oedipus’s radio career began in 1975 as a D.J. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s college station WTBS...
, the long-time program director of WBCN in Boston
Films
- Oedipus Rex (film), a 1967 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Edipo alcalde (film), a 1996 Colombian film directed by Jorge Alí Triana
Oedipus complex
- Oedipus complexOedipus complexIn psychoanalytic theory, the term Oedipus complex denotes the emotions and ideas that the mind keeps in the unconscious, via dynamic repression, that concentrate upon a boy’s desire to sexually possess his mother, and kill his father...
, a psychological theory - Oedipina complex, a salamander, formerly called Oedipus complex
Characters
- Stinkor, original name Oedipus (He-man and the masters of the universe) anime