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From [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]], he was the [[king]] of [[Thebes]], [[husband]] of [[Jocasta]], [[father]] of [[Oedipus]] who was [[murder|killed]] by his [[son]] by way of a misunderstanding; Oedipus didn't know who has father was; through a sequence of events, characters trying to ''avoid'' their [[fate]] actually ran into it. Source: [[Elizabeth Vandiver]], [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Virgil]]. This definition is based on her course ''Classical Mythology'' for [[The Teaching Company]].
In [[Greek mythology]], the [[king]] of [[Thebes]] and [[husband]] of [[Jocasta]], who was [[murder|killed]] by his [[son]] [[Oedipus]] who didn't know who his father was; through a sequence of events, characters trying to ''avoid'' their [[fate]] actually assured it.

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Laios [r]: In Greek mythology, the king of Thebes and husband of Jocasta, who was killed by his son Oedipus who didn't know who his father was; through a sequence of events, characters trying to avoid their fate actually assured it.