Oedipus

Oedipus
Oedipus son of Laius and Jocasta, the king and queen of Thebes, Greek, lit. "swollen-foot," from oidan "to swell" (from PIE *oid-; see EDEMA (Cf. edema)) + pous (gen. podos) "foot" (see FOOT (Cf. foot)). Oedipus complex (1910) coined by Freud. In Latin, figurative references to Oedipus generally referred to solving riddles. Oedipus effect (1957) is Karl Popper's term for "the self-fulfilling nature of prophecies or predictions."

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