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    Laius (/ˈleɪəs, ˈlaɪəs/ L(A)Y-əs) or Laios (Ancient Greek: Λάϊος, romanized: Láïos) of Thebes was a key personage in the Theban founding myth. Laius was...
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    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...
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    result of a curse laid upon Laius for the time he had violated the sacred laws of hospitality (Greek: xenia). In his youth, Laius was taken in as a guest...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • In Greek mythology, Laius (/ˈleɪəs, ˈlaɪəs/ L(A)Y-əs; Ancient Greek: Λάϊος, romanized: Láïos) is a Cretan man who attempted to steal from Zeus, the king...
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    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...
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  • Nakane, 1955 Laius lutaoensis Yoshitomi & Lee, 2010 Laius miyamotoi Nakane, 1955 Laius pici Miwa, 1931 Laius purpureipennis Lea, 1916 Laius taiwanus Yoshitomi...
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    complex was itself triggered by a pre-existing parental complex (Jocasta/Laius). Eric Berne also explored the other (parental) side of the Oedipus complex...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • with Haruto, even though he harbors no romantic feelings for her at all. Laius Orteus (ライアス, Raiasu) Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana Giselotte's second...
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    C. lajus Binomial name Chilades lajus (Stoll, [1780]) Synonyms Chilades laius (lapsus) Hesperia cajus Fabricius, 1793 Lycaena brahmina C. & R. Felder...
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  • ISBN 978-0-8108-6072-8. "Leida Laius - Eesti filmi andmebaas". www.efis.ee. Retrieved 21 February 2021. "Leida Laius - Eesti filmi andmebaas". www.efis...
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  • from one of Laius’ servants and then gave him to Polybus. The plot comes together when Oedipus realizes that he is the son and murderer of Laius as well as...
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    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...
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    Laius as well as Oedipus. Laius, a previous king of Thebes, had given the rule to Creon while he went to consult the oracle at Delphi. During Laius's...
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    by the Theban prince Laius, his tutor, who was escorting him to the Nemean Games, where the boy planned to compete. Instead, Laius carried him off to Thebes...
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  • Andreea Laiu (born 15 March 1986) is a Romanian football midfielder or striker who plays for Kiryat Gat. She previously played for Apollon Limassol of...
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  • After the two leave stage, the ghost of King Laius becomes audible and visible to the two soldiers. Laius struggles, apparently against the gods, to warn...
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  • in a chariot through Phocis he fell in with Laius driving in a chariot in a certain narrow road. When Laius in a disdainful manner ordered Oedipus to make...
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  • by one before returning to the wagon where he kills king Laius and the wounded soldier. Laius's servant runs away and survives. After an unspecified period...
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  • death, this time for Labdacus' son, Laius. His descendants were called the Labdacids, and included his son Laius, who fathered Oedipus; Oedipus' children...
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    and more distal (ab. extendatus f.rurik Eschsch. (= rurikia id. in tab., laius Boisd.) band of the forewing abbreviated, hindwing without white band, the...
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    and declaims the words of the gods: Thebes is harboring the murderer of Laius, the previous king. It is the murderer who has brought the plague upon the...
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  • gode, from Old English gād. In Sophocles's Oedipus Rex, Oedipus's father Laius tried to kill his son with a goad when they accidentally met at a crossroads...
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    Laius Jocasta Creon Eurydice Oedipus Eteocles Polynices Ismene Antigone Haemon...
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    infidelity, so she killed him. After the deaths of Amphion and Zethus, Laius returned to Thebes and became king. Compare with Castor and Polydeuces (the...
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  • Unrecognized Victim The Slayer kills the Unrecognized Victim. Example: Oedipus and Laius Self-sacrifice for an ideal a Hero; an Ideal; a Creditor or a Person/Thing...
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    horrific signs. As Tiresias does not have the name of King Laius' killer, he proposes to summon Laius' spirit back from Erebus to learn the identity of the...
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