Laios

Japanese: Laios
Laios

Oedipus is the son of Laios, King of Thebes, and Jocaste. Laios had received a prophecy that if he had a son, he would kill his father. When Laios' wife gave birth to a boy, he had the baby pierced with a pin and abandoned in the mountains. The baby was picked up by a shepherd and raised as Oedipus, the son of King Corinth.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Laios" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…慣用的呼称ではエディプス。テーバイ王ライオスLaiosとイオカステIokastēの子。もし男子をもうければその子は父殺しになろうとの神託をうけていたライオスは,妃が男児を産んだとき,そのかかと(踵)をピンでさし貫いて山中に捨てさせたが,赤児は牧人に拾われ,コリントス王の子オイディプスとして育てられた。…

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