CLAS 203 Lecture Notes - Amphiaraus, Eriphyle, Tydeus
11 Mar 2013
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Clas203 lecture 27 notes: shepherd from corinth. Origins of oedipus: the theban shepherd, jocasta"s suicide, anagnorismos recognition of the tragic hero that they are in the wrong , peripeteia reversal of the tragic hero everything goes downhill . Polynices gathering support from the argives to attack the city: oedipus curses his sons, pledges alliance with neither of his sons but to the people of colonus, who have treated him well. Ismene volunteers to perform appeasing tasks to appease the villagers for trespassing the holy ground of the. Furies: oedipus offers his gift to theseus and the people of colonus. Creon arrives, says he already captured ismene and orders his men to capture antigone. Theseus comes and overpower creon and gets back antigone and ismene: polynices arrives (after being banished from thebes) and speaks to oedipus (through antigone"s persuasion), polynices asks for his father to relent and help him win back thebes.
