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Polybus
[ pol-uh-buhs ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- a Corinthian king who was the foster father of Oedipus.
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So the child lived in the palace, and became a son to Polybus and Merope, and heir to the kingdom.
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To cheer him, the messenger now informs him that he is not the son of Merope and Polybus.
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Polybus, the king, is dead, and Œdipus is proclaimed his successor.
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Polybus being childless adopted the boy, who grew up believing that he was indeed the King's son.
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The memories of Polybus and Merope come upon him, then the years of unnatural wedlock.
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