Οἰδίπους

oidipous

Oedipus

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

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Poetics 11
Open Poetics ›
Chapter 11 1452a22–1452b13

1452a24
1452a25
1452a33
Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39

1453a11
1453a20
Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15

1453b7
1453b31
Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18

1454b8
Chapter 16 1454b19–1455a21

1455a18
Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1460a30
Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19

1462b2
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20

1417b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

Οἰδίπους [ῐ], ὁ, (οἰδέω, πούς) A. Oedipus, i. e. the swollen-footed. cf. E. Ph. 27 : gen. Οἰδίποδος Apollod. 3.6.3 (but in Trag. always Οἰδίπου, as if from Οἰδίπος, which occurs in AP 7.429 (Alc.)) : acc. Οἰδίπουν Trag., later Οἰδίποδα Plu. 2.193d, Paus. 9.2.4, etc. : voc. Οἰδίπου S. OT 405, OC 557, cf. Choerob. in Theod. 1.210 H., and Οἰδίπους S. OC 740, al., Choerob. l.c. :—collat. form Οἰδιπόδης, ὁ, gen. Οἰδιπόδαο Il. 23.679, Od. 11.271, Hes. Op. 163 ; Dor. contr. Οἰδιπόδα Pi. P. 4.263, and in lyr. passages of Trag., A. Th. 725, S. OT 496, Ant. 380 ; Ion. Οἰδιπόδεω Hdt. 4.149 : acc. Οἰδιπόδαν in lyr., A. Th. 752, S. OC 222 : dat. Οἰδιπόδῃ Thebaïs 2 : voc. Οἰδιπόδα S. OT 1195 (lyr.) :—Adj. Οἰδιπόδειος, α, ον, or ος, ον, of Oedipus, Plu. Sull. 19, Paus. 9.18.5 (ubi vulg. -ποδία): Οἰδιπόδεια (vulg. -ια), τά, the tale of Oedipus, Id. 9.5.11 ; or Οἰδιπόδεια, ἡ, Arist. Fr. 628, IG 14.1292ii 11, Sch.E. Ph. 1760.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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