Labdacus
- a king of Thebes, father of Lāius, Sen. Herc. Fur. 495; id. Phoen. 53.—
- II Hence,
- A Lab-dăcĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Labdacus: dux, i.e. Eteocles, so called after his grandfather Lāius, Stat. Th. 2, 210.—
- B Labdăcĭdes, ae, m., a male descendant of Labdacus, a Labdacide; applied to Polynīces as grandson of Laius, Stat. Th. 6, 450. —Plur.: Labdăcĭdae, ārum, m., the Thebans, Stat. Th. 9, 777; 10, 36.
(Λάβδακος), a son of the Theban king, Polydorus, the son of Cadmus, by Nycteis, who was descended from a Spartan family. Labdacus lost his father at an early age, and was placed under the guardianship of Nycteus, and afterwards under that of Lycus, a brother of Nycteus. When Labdacus had grown up to manhood, Lycus surrendered the government to him; and on the death of Labdacus, which occurred soon after, Lycus again undertook the guardianship of his son Laius, the father of Oedipus. (Paus. 9.5.2; Eur. Her. 27; Apollod. 3.5.5; comp. Nycteus.) [L.S]
(Λάβδακος). A son of Polydorus by Nycteïs, the daughter of Nycteus, king of Thebes. His father and mother died during his childhood, and he was left to the care of Nycteus, who, at his death, left his kingdom in the hands of Lycus , with orders to restore it to Labdacus as soon as of age. On succeeding to the throne, Labdacus, like Pentheus (q.v.), opposed the cult of Bacchus, and underwent a similar fate. He was father to Laïus, and his descendants were called Labdacidae. See Laïus.
- of Thebes, father of Laius: Hdt. 5.59; Apollod. 3.5.4; Paus. 2.6.2, Paus. 9.5.4-5
- war of Pandion with: Apollod. 3.14.7
- war of Pandion with: Apollod. 3.14.7