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Definition of Laius
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Laius
Literary usage of Laius
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Greece by George Grote (1854)
"At the exact spot where the roads leading to these two countries forked, he met
laius in a chariot drawn by mules, when the insolence of one of the ..."
2. Hellenica: essays on Greek poetry, philosophy, history and religion, ed. by by Hellenica, Evelyn Abbott (1880)
"Oedipus is destined to slay Ins father ; laius is destined to fall by his son's
hand. Both Oedipus and laius take measures to avoid the doom foretold, ..."
3. Ancient Ideals: A Study of Intellectual and Spiritual Growth from Early by Henry Osborn Taylor (1921)
"The effect of a curse may be followed in the two houses of laius and Atreus.
The story of the house of laius is variously given, but the central strain is ..."
4. Herodotus by Herodotus (1828)
"... the son of laius. I .XI. The third tripod bears this inscription in hexameters :—
Royal ... laius."
5. Palm Leaves by Richard Monckton Milnes Houghton (1844)
"THE TOMB OF laius. WHERE Delphi's consecrated pass ... many rocks split off from
one: laius, the Theban king, lies there,— His murderer (Edipus, his son. ..."
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