The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Oedipus, King of Thebes ( - )

Mythological Theban king who inadvertently killed his father and married his mother. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4521?rskey=XfEX09&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus References in Documents:
Musaeum Clausum (1684)

16. Draughts of three passionate Looks; of Thyestes when he was told at the Table that he had eaten a piece of his own Son; of Bajazet when he went into the Iron Cage; of Oedipus when he first came to know that he had killed his Father, and married his own Mother.