oedipus rex | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun oedipus rex has 1 sense

Oedipus, King Oedipus, Oedipus Rex - (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles
--₁ is a kind of mythical being