CLAS 1100Y Lecture 11: Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (Semester 2- Lecture 11)
19 Feb 2016
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Lived through most of the 5th c. bce. Wrote about 120 plays, we have 7 today. Won 20 victories at the dionysia: occasionally beating aeschylus. Lived in an interesting time: friend of pericles, experienced peloponnesian war, saw an outbreak of plague under pericles. Homeric appearances: odysseus seeing oedipus" mother, implies how well known the myth of oedipus was. Depictions of myth in pottery: usually shown with sphinx. Includes story of sphinx in oedipus" rise to power. Connects historical elements: plague (connected to apollo) Makes story directly relevant to athenian audience. Monday, february 1, 2016: plague in city caused social upheaval, people thought there must be blood guilt upon the house of pericles. Oedipus: exempli es apollo"s character traits, messes up more than anyone ever, curses killer (self) and self (self, in the distant past (before trojan war, name meaning. Two foot : ignorant of real origin, t h i n k s he is clever.
