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Definition
Greek mythology: a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother; the subject of the drama Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
- It would have required the penetration of Oedipus or the Sphinx to have divined the irony the count concealed beneath these words, apparently uttered with the greatest politeness.Chapters 41-42 (24% in)
There are no more uses of "Oedipus" in The Count of Monte Cristo.
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