CLA232H1 Lecture : Sophocles 'Oedipus the King'
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The first question he asks is the cause of the plague asks the gods through the oracle at delphi. The answer: there is a pollution in the land and a murderer. greek belief that if your murdered someone pollution would spread until the murderer is caught. Lose track of the murderer because they were distracted by the sphinx. one of the things this play does it stage a kind of court case. The play is structured almost like a murder mystery. aristophanes (lysistrata, wasps, clouds: the city dionysia. an annual festival, held on the slope of the acropolis www. notesolution. com. Full day event, multiple plays in a row. a civic festival, governed by the people. so, there was a council of people who got to decide which playwrights would be allowed to perform and who would be the choregos (aristocrat in charge of the festival)
