👉 Oedipus is a character in classical Greek mythology, specifically from the play "The Iliad" by Homer. He was the son of Aeolus and Proserpina, and his mother's sister, who was killed by her husband Agamemnon during the Trojan War. In this story, Oedipus is the main character as he must choose between his brother Hesiod (the son of King Aegisthus) or his father's second wife,