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For questions about Oedipus, mythical king of Thebes who solved the riddle of the Sphinx and unknowingly killed his father and married his mother, fulfilling a prophecy about him.
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Why is the Oedipus complex named after Oedipus?
The full story (in short) of Oedipus is that his father heard a prophecy that his son will kill him. So he threw him away (basically ordered him to be killed but the killers spared him). … So since Oedipus killed his father, fell in love with and married his own mother, the Oedipus syndrome was named after him. …
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