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Great-great-great-grandson to Great-great-great-grandfather is the relationship between Oedipus and Cadmus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Oedipus is the direct paternal and maternal descendant of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. He is the son of Laius and Jocasta, who descend from different grandchildren of King Cadmus. He is Labdacus' paternal grandson and Polydorus' paternal great-grandson.

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