La Saga dei Labdacidi: Edipodia operistica

Speranza In Greek mythology, Labdacus (Λάβδακος) was the only son of Polydorus and a king of Thebes. Labdacus was a grandson of Thebes' founder, Cadmus. Labdacus's mother was Nycteis, daughter of Nycteus. Polydorus died while Labdacus was a young child, leaving Nycteus as his regent, although Lycus soon replaced him in that office. When Labdacus had grown, he ruled Thebes for a short time. Labdacus died while he was still young, after he lost a war with the king of Athens, Pandion, over their borders. Apollodorus writes that he, like his cousin Pentheus, was ripped apart by women in a bacchic frenzy for disrespect to the god Dionysus. Lycus became regent once more after his death, this time for Labdacus' son, Laio. His descendants were called the "Labdacids", and included his son Laio, who fathered Edipo; Oedipus' children were Eteocle, Polinice, Antigone, and Ismene. [edit] References 1.^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 9.5.4. 2.^ Tripp, Edward. Crowell's Handbook of Classical Mythology. New York: Thomas Crowell Company, 1970, p. 335. 3.^ Bibliotheca 3.5.5. Regnal titles Preceded by Lycus King of Thebes Succeeded by Lycus [hide] v · t · e Kings of Thebes Kings Calydnus ·Ogyges ·Cadmus ·Pentheus ·Polydorus ·Nycteus (regent for Labdacus) & Lycus I (regent for Labdacus) ·Labdacus ·Lycus I (regent for Laius) ·Laius ·Amphion and Zethus ·Laius (second rule) ·Creon ·Oedipus ·Creon (second rule) (regent for Eteocles & Polynices) ·Polynices and Eteocles ·Creon (third rule) (regent for Laodamas) ·Lycus II (usurper) ·Laodamas ·Thersander ·Peneleus (regent for Tisamenus) ·Tisamenus ·Autesion ·Damasichthon ·Ptolemy ·Xanthos In literature Antigone ·The Bacchae ·Herakles ·Iliad ·Oedipus at Colonus ·Oedipus the King ·The Phoenician Women ·Seven Against Thebes ·The Thebans Related articles Ancient Thebes ·Necklace of Harmonia Book:Theban Kings · Category:Theban kings · Portal:Ancient Greece