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Theban kings
LabdacusThe city of Thebes stood under the shadow of its founder, Cadmus. His grandson Labdacus entered a world already heavy with royal blood.
OedipusIn 476 BC, the poet Pindar wrote a Second Olympian Ode that described the infant son of King Laius. The child's ankles were pierced and tethered together so…