A character in two tragdies by Sophocles, "Oedipus Rex" and "Oedipus at Colonus." When he was born it was prophesized that Oedipus would grow to murder his father, and marry his mother. His father, King Laios of Thebes, ordered his shepard to kill him, but instead he gave him to the king of Corinth. When he grew up, he learned about his destiny, but belived that his Corintian parrents were his biological parrents, he fled to Tebes. There he ran into his real fother on the road, and after a dispute killed him. However, Oedipus was able to save the city of Tebes from sphynx and was offered his mother's hand in marrige. The play "Oedipus Rex" takes place a number of years after that incodent. Thebes is undergoing a plague Oedipus learns the truth about his heritige, and so his mother/wife kills herself, and he blinds himself, and is baneshed from Thebes. In "Oedipus at Colonus" he is about to die, and is purifing himself, to be buried as a Greek hero. However, civil war has broken out in Thebes between is two sons, and they want to try and get Oedipus' body back to Thebes, so that one of the sons might win.
Oedipus is the ultimate tragic hero. All others, such as Hamelt, or Romeo, don't hold a candle to him.
by Disco Stu October 07, 2003
A lightweight sub-machine gun used by British in World War II. Accronym for Shepherd,Turpin, and Enfield
by Disco Stu October 01, 2003
A philosophical school which attempts to link African peoples togheter, especialy those in America with those in Africa. Sometimes, however, it makes claims which are not true. For example, they claim that Africa is the heart of human science and technology. However, much of human science and technology developed independently in different parts of the world, at different times. Sometimes they will make anti-semitic claims.
by Disco Stu September 25, 2003
by Disco Stu October 20, 2003
A special operations monkey, trained in the arts of war, an expert in the use of rifles and assasinations
"Damn, that Monkey-Genius just wiped out our whole squad"
"Come on guys, we've got Monkey-Genius, nothing can stop us now"
"Come on guys, we've got Monkey-Genius, nothing can stop us now"
by Disco Stu April 10, 2004
by Disco Stu September 29, 2003