PHILOS 1B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Laius, Ismene, Sophocles
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Face supreme crisis of life by their self. Shows us the dangers of isolation and making choices on our own. The baby was prophesized to kill laius and marry his mother. The baby: was exposed with it(cid:495)s ankles and feet pierced (so the ghost of the child would be crippled and couldn(cid:495)t haunt the parents(cid:524) Was given to a corinthian, who gives him to the childless king and queen of corinth. Consults the oracle of delphi and learns of the prophecy so he runs away from his corinthian parents (as to not kill his father) Oedipus(cid:495) scuffle at the crossroads (cid:523)a man follows him with more men, so. Oedipus kills him) (this man was laius- his father) Sphinx at thebes: her riddle and the prize for solving it. Laius was going to find someone who knew the answer to her riddle. Oedipus kills him, but then solves the riddle (a- a person)
