Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannos

Mythological Background/storyline

What is the "Oedipus Complex"?
A desire for sexual involvement with one parent and a rivalry with or hostility toward the other parent. It is usually applied to heterosexual desire of a male child for involvement with the mother. For a heterosexual female child desiring sexual involvement with the father, the usual name is "Electra Complex." There may be further names for the configuration if the child has homosexual desires.
In normal development, the complex occurs between 3 and 5 years of age (the phallic stage), then passes into a phase of identification with the parent of the same sex.
Freud connected overcoming the Oedipus/Electra complex with the formation of the roots of the Superego (the moral part) and considered it the cornerstone of all relationships.
Modern psychologists supposedly recognize Oedipal relationships, but attribute them to resentment of parental authority.