Classical Studies 2200 Lecture 19: Classics Lecture 19 - Mar 7
25 Mar 2017
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Review: oedipus the king / oedipus as colonus is the last place that sophocles writes. Supplicates the king of athens, granted safe refuge. Angry with his sons as they were not there to help him when he was exiled curses both of his sons as he is supported by his two daughters. Goes into the sacred grove with theseus the king and a messenger reports how. Oedipus disappeared within a cloud with divine signs : grove is consecrated as the death place of oedipus, the cult hero of athens and. Both sons dead, kingship goes to creon. Medea: the scary helper maiden: performed 431bce in athens, daughter of aeetes, grand-daughter of helios (the sun god, from colchis, on the far edge of the black sea. Marks them as foreign non-greeks: knows powerful magic (hecate, speaking name: active intellect | me-prefix, acts on her own erotic desire.
