Oedipus explains the riddle of the Sphinx, by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, c. 1805. Oedipus (US /Ëidáµ»pÉs/ or /ËÉdáµ»pÉs/ or UK /ËiËdáµ»pÉs/; Ancient Greek: Î¿á¼°Î´Î¯ÏÎ¿ÏÏ OidÃ­pous meaning swollen foot) was a mythical Greek king of Thebes.
The quantum computing technology developed by D-Wave gets ongoing scientific debate, but it's also getting money, $28 million last week, bringing its total funding to about $150 million. This Canadian company was started 15 years ago and is one of the most tenacious and longest-running tech start-ups around.
Newton Scamander met him whilst travelling to New York. He was Director of Magical Security at MACUSA. As yet unconfirmed, Graves' wand is likely to have been made by the American wand-maker Johannes Jonker, who was renowned for his instantly-recognisable signature of having his wands inlaid with mother-of-pearl. Such a signature can be seen in all depictions of Graves' wand.