CLAA06H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Two Witnesses, Scapegoating, Social Order
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Places claim heroes: agamemnon, orestes (argos, heracles (especially sparta, but greece and italy, theseus (athens) Overview of thebes in myth: recurring theme: under valuing and over valuing familial relationships. Labdacus and his successors: labdacus (grandson of cadmus) becomes king; son of laius. Lycus becomes king; antiope gave birth to twins by zeus; lycus had twins abandoned by the countryside but did not get killed; twins (amphion and zethus) grow up. Laius and son: laius becomes king after deaths of amphion and zethus, hears prophecy that his child will kill him, oedipus" story. King oedipus: oedipus arrives at thebes, stricken by sphinx ( strangler , oedipus becomes king, marries jocasta. The myth of oedipus and sophocles": variations to oedipus story. Sophocles - oedipus and jocasta have children; jocasta kills herself and. Oedipus blinds himself and soon goes into exile. Homer - jocasta committed suicide but did not have children with. Oedipus; he stays king and dies in battle.
