Labdakids

In Greek mythology , the Labdakids were the rulers of the city of Thebes . After Laius , the son of Labdakos , kidnapped Chrysippus , the son of his friend Pelops , during his exile , Pelops cursed Laios and his descendants. Of course, the kidnapping was carried out on the basis of sexual inclinations: pederasty (boy love) The curse said that Laios' son would kill his father and marry his mother. But because this was foreseen by a seer, the parents gave the child ( Oedipus ) away out of caution. Due to an unfortunate coincidence, the curse is finally fulfilled, and Oedipus kills his father without even recognizing him. The story of Oedipus, the seven against Thebes and the Antigone are all based on the curse of the Labdakids. Labdakos himself plays a subordinate role in Greek mythology . Little more is known of him than that Lykos the wolf, one of the Spartoi , ruled before Labdakos' reign because Labdakos was underage. When Labdakos died after a year on the throne, his son Laios was only a year old and Lycus was reigning again. Therefore one can assume that the term Labdakids only refers to the part of the ruling family that was affected by the curse of the Labdakids - i.e. all of Labdako's descendants.