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Example sentences for: oedipus

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“When you say Man,” said Oedipus, “you include woman too.
His mother was a martyr with Irish red hair--the stuff Oedipus complexes are made of.
Were Oedipus alive today he might offer the same solution to the riddle.
By Saturday, the pundits were smelling smoke but decided that the press still hadn't "found the fire" (Evan Thomas, Inside Washington ). Charles Krauthammer ( Inside Washington ) sensed an element of "Greek tragedy" to the story, although he didn't specify whether he was referring to Oedipus Rex or Antigone . Thomas and Jack Germond found it easier to cast aspersions on Clinton's partner in ...
The hypothetical modern Oedipus might join some humans of both genders who carp at the most radical-seeming alterations of the language.