Definition of Laius

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) king of Thebes who was unwittingly killed by his son Oedipus.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Mythical Being

Lexicographical Neighbors of Laius

Lagrangian point
Lagrangians
Laguncularia
Laguncularia racemosa
Lahamu
Lahey forceps
Lahmu
Lahore
Lahore sore
Lahti
Lahu
Lai
Laila
Laing
Laingian
Laius (current term)
Lak
Lak'ota
Lake Aral
Lake Balaton
Lake Biwa
Lake Cayuga
Lake Chad
Lake Champlain
Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg
Lake Chelan
Lake Clark National Park
Lake Constance
Lake District

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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