King of \b \cf4 \ATXht12006 Thebes\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he was the son of Labdacus and the great grandson of \b \cf4 \ATXht10301 Cadmus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . He abducted \b \cf4 \ATXht11612 Pelops\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 Æs son, with whom he had fallen in love, earning the enmity and curse of the goddess \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who hated all those who spurned women. I
t may have been for this reason that he was fated to die at the hands of his son \b \cf4 \ATXht11503 Oedipus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 .