CLA 2323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Hubris, Oedipus The King, Seven Against Thebes
10 Dec 2017
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This evening"s lecture was devoted to the theban cycle : tales of the city thebes. Overall, the myths in this group tend to treat weirdly the relations between family members: father-son, mother-son, brother-brother, wife-husband, etc. Tales of thebes are not the only place in greek mythology where family is portrayed distortedly: Compare, just for example, the house of pelops at mycenae, pp. 159 159; or the offended wives on the island of lemnos, page 110; or medea and her children, page 113; or heracles going crazy and murdering his first family, page 115. If the greek myths have a purpose or message in this pattern, it is not obvious. Some general comments at page 148 in our textbook. The textbook points out that the myths will exaggerate and dramatize the kinds of tensions or resentments that can exist normally in families.
