GRST 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Laius, Polynices, Ismene

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 209
• Professor: Amber Porter

Document Summary

Oedipus (swollen foot: written in 5th century about himself and his family, born in thebes, cad(cid:373)us" great gra(cid:374)dso(cid:374), laius a(cid:374)d (cid:373)arries jo(cid:272)asta, gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) a prophes(cid:455), Laius is told that his son (oedipus) will grow and kill him, eventually. Jocasta finds out the truth and hung herself, oedipus see her mother hanged & stabs his eyes, physically blinding himself and then exile himself: oedipus die peaceful. Polynieces withdrew to agros after he married argeia, when it came to polynieces turn, eteocles refuses to hand over the throne. Polynices: a(cid:374)tigo(cid:374)e & creo(cid:374) do(cid:374)"t see e(cid:455)e to e(cid:455)e, a(cid:374)tigo(cid:374)e is pu(cid:374)ished (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g locked up and starving to death, a(cid:374)tigo(cid:374)e is e(cid:374)gaged to creo(cid:374)"s so(cid:374), 2: pelops comes back to life, and tantalus is punished in tartarus, king. & hidden it), thyestes brings out the golden fleeced ram, and atreus is angry because he knows that his brother has seduced his wife .