Labdacus

Family: Thebes · Role: ancestor of Laius · First appears: Sophocles, King Oedipus — Scene 2

Sophocles, King Oedipus — Scene 2

• child: Laius “Whoe'er among you knoweth the murderer Of Laius, son of royal Labdacus,”

Sophocles, Oedipus At Colonos — Scene 2

• younger kin: Oedipus “OED. Derived from Labdacus? CH. O Heaven!”

Euripides, The Phœnician Virgins — Scene 1

• elder kin: Polydorus “from him they say sprung Labdacus, and from him Laius.”
• younger kin: Laius “from him they say sprung Labdacus, and from him Laius.”
• parent: Polydorus “from him they say sprung Labdacus”
• child: Laius “and from him Laius”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Tragedy. Made with Rho MD.