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Oedipus vs Prometheus - What's the difference?

oedipus | prometheus |

As proper nouns the difference between oedipus and prometheus

is that oedipus is (greek mythology) a son of laius and jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother while prometheus is .

oedipus

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (Greek mythology) A son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
  • Derived terms

    * Oedipus complex * Oedipal (adjective)

    Anagrams

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    prometheus

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (Greek god) The Titan chiefly honored for stealing fire from Zeus in the stalk of a fennel plant and giving it to mortals for their use. The god of fire and craft.
  • (astronomy) A moon of the planet Saturn.