Using "Polybus' son" to refer to "Oedipus" is an example of a patronymic.
Explanation:
A patronymic is a part of the individual’s name supported by the name of one's father, grandfather, or earlier male ancestor.
Similarly part of the name supported by the name of one's mother or female ancestor is known as matronymic.
The name of the person supported by the name of one's child is a teknonymic.
For Copernicus, I think it was On the Revolution of the Celestial Spheres. I think For Newton it was Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica.
The U.S. relies so heavily on oil that if it disappeared then they would probably be dragged down unless they found a better solution.
The U.S needs oil because, it runs cars, and also many other things. It runs boats for trade, airplanes, runs electricity creation plants, and it also creates our roads.
The food sources of Native Americans of the North and Northwest differed from that of Natives that lived in the West and Southwest due to the impact of climate which determined the types of food that were available. People in the North and Northwest did not farm. Irrigation allowed the people in the west to farm in dry areas.
