Possible Clues:

• Tragic hero of Greek mythology whose name means 'swollen foot'
• Pseudo intellectual's beginning to reform incestuous king
• Complex figure?
• In Greek mythology, a king of Thebes
• Writer is one taken in by composition produced by a complex character?
• Old King Boatman seen in pseudomorphs
• Complex fellow takes fish back into work
• Originator of complex work cut by journalist on paper
• Editor enthralled by remarkably pious king of Thebes
• Mythical king of Thebes, who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother