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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 .

Pygmalion vs Oedipus - What's the difference?

pygmalion | oedipus |


As a noun pygmalion

is one who acts as the legendary Greek sculptor Pygmalion (who was granted the wish of having life given to a sculpture of his which he loved a great deal), as in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion in which he sometimes refers to his main character (Henry Higgins) as Pygmalion Higgins.

As an adjective pygmalion

is bloody (only in 'not pygmalion likely'), from the sensational, and then scandalous, line "not bloody likely" in George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion.

As a proper noun Oedipus is

a son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.

Oedipus vs Jocasta - What's the difference?

oedipus | jocasta |


In greek mythology terms the difference between oedipus and jocasta

is that oedipus is a son of Laius and Jocasta, who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother while jocasta is the mother and wife of Oedipus.