Oedipus

Oedipus (US /ˈɛdᵻpəs/ or UK /ˈiːdᵻpəs/; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους Oidípous meaning "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes. A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus accidentally fulfilled a prophesy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family.

The story of Oedipus is the subject of Sophocles's tragedy Oedipus the King, which was followed by Oedipus at Colonus and then Antigone. Together, these plays make up Sophocles's three Theban plays. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature of humanity and an individual's role in the course of destiny in a harsh universe.

In the most well-known version of the myth, Oedipus was born to King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Laius wished to thwart a prophecy, so left him to die on a mountainside. However, the baby was found by shepherds and raised by King Polybus and Queen Merope as their own. Oedipus learned from the oracle at Delphi of the prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother but, unaware of his true parentage, believed he was fated to murder Polybus and marry Merope, so left for Thebes. On his way he met an older man and quarrelled, and Oedipus killed the stranger. Continuing on to Thebes, he found that the king of the city (Laius) had been recently killed, and that the city was at the mercy of the Sphinx. Oedipus answered the monster's riddle correctly, defeating it and winning the throne of the dead king - and the hand in marriage of the king's widow, (and unbeknownst to him), his mother Jocasta.

Oedipus (disambiguation)

Oedipus was the mythical king of Thebes.

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Oedipus (horse)

Oedipus (1946–1978) was an American Champion Thoroughbred steeplechase racehorse. Sired by 1929's flat racing Horse of the Year Blue Larkspur and foaled in Kentucky, Oedipus was purchased by Lillian Bostwick Phipps and was conditioned by future Hall of Fame trainer Pete Bostwick.

Oedipus raced from 1948 through 1954 and was voted American Champion Steeplechase Horse for 1950 and again in 1951 when he won American steeplechasing's Triple Crown: the Broad Hollow Steeplechase Handicap, the Brook National Steeplechase Handicap, and the American Grand National. In 1952, Oedipus was again voted Champion, this time sharing the honor with Jam.

Retired at the end of the 1954 racing season, Oedipus died in 1978, the year he was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.

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Pythia (gastropod)

Pythia is a genus of small air-breathing salt marsh snails, pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Ellobiidae.

Pythia is a largely terrestrial genus commonly found in the Indo-Pacific. It lives in mangroves from above high tide to further inland. It is readily differentiated within the family by its dorso-ventrally flattened shell and heavily dentate aperture. Plate gave the first account of Pythia scarabaeus in 1897.

Pythia is the type genus of the subfamily Pythiinae.

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Species in the genus Pythia include:

Pythia (band)

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Pythia is a British symphonic metal band founded in London by Mediæval Bæbes member Emily Ovenden.

The band formed in 2007 and released their first album, Beneath the Veiled Embrace, in 2009 along with the single "Sarah (Bury Her)" from that album. In 2010 Pythia released a second single from the album, "Army Of The Damned".

In 2011, Pythia announced their second album called The Serpent's Curse and released the single "Betray My Heart". During October 2014, Pythia announced their third album would be released on 8 December 2014 and released one of the songs as a teaser for the new album.

In 2013, guitarist Tim Neale and keyboardist Richard Holland left the band to focus on their own projects. They were replaced by Oz Wright (from Motherload, ex-Headon) and Marcus Matusiak respectively.

In 2015, it was announced via the group's official Facebook page that Emily Alice Ovenden had left the band to focus on her new group Khronicles, and the band would continue with a new lead singer. Her replacement was named on the 6 October 2015 as Sophie Dorman.