Oedipus
“弑父恋母”的俄狄浦斯王

Oedipus was a tragic hero in Greek mythology. In the most well-known version of the myth, Laius wished to thwart a prophecy, which said that his child would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother. Thus, he fastened the infant's feet together with a large pin and left him to die on a mountainside. The baby was found on Kithairon by shepherds and raised by King Polybus and Queen Merope in the city of Corinth.
俄狄浦斯是希腊神话中典型的悲剧人物。关于俄狄浦斯最广为流传的故事版本是这样的：国王拉伊奥斯得到预言，说他的儿子长大后将弑父娶母。为避免预言成真，拉伊奥斯刺穿了婴儿的脚踝，并将他丢弃在荒山等死。然而，婴儿在喀泰戎荒山被牧羊人救下来，成为科林斯国王波里玻斯和王后墨洛柏的养子。

Oedipus learned from the oracle at Delphi of the prophecy, and left Corinth. Heading to Thebes, Oedipus met an older man in a chariot and killed him(Laius) in a quarrel. On arriving Thebes, Oedipus answered Sphinx's riddle correctly, defeating it and winning the throne of the dead king and the hand in marriage of the king's widow, his mother, Jocasta.
俄狄浦斯得知德尔菲神殿的神谕后，为避免神谕成真，便离开了科林斯。俄狄浦斯朝着忒拜城方向行走，与一位坐在马车上的老人狭路相逢，他们起了争端，俄狄浦斯杀死了这位老人(即其生父拉伊奥斯)，并继续向忒拜城行进。俄狄浦斯进入忒拜城之后，破解了斯芬克斯的谜语，击败了女妖。拯救了忒拜城的俄狄浦斯受到人民的推崇被选为国王，按照习俗与失去了丈夫的王后约卡斯塔成婚，应验了他“弑父娶母”的神谕。

Oedipus and Jocasta had two sons and two daughters. In his search to determine who killed Laius (and thus end a plague on Thebes), Oedipus discovered it was he who had killed the late king (his father). Jocasta, upon realizing that she had married her own son and Laius's murderer, hanged herself. Oedipus then seized two pins from her dress and blinded himself with them.
俄狄浦斯和约卡斯塔生下了两个儿子和两个女儿。后来，国家不断有灾祸与瘟疫发生，在寻找杀害前国王拉伊奥斯的凶手时，俄狄浦斯才知道自己是拉伊奥斯的儿子，是他亲手杀死了自己的父亲。约卡斯塔意识到与自己结婚的人是自己的亲生儿子而且是他杀害了拉伊奥斯后，羞愧地上吊自杀，而同样悲愤不已的俄狄浦斯，从约卡斯塔的裙子上取下两枚胸针刺瞎了自己的眼睛。