CLASSICS 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Oedipus The King, Road Rage, Dionysia
23 Mar 2020
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Main source: sophocles" tragedy, oedipus tyrannus ( = oediupus rex, Produced in 427 bce at city dionysia (won 2nd place) Same city, same family tree as pentheus in the bacchae. Parents: laius and jocasta, king and queen of thebes. Fertility issues oracle at delphi: don"t have a child, child will kill its father . Have child anyway (wine involved), bind its ankles, gets rid of it. Shepherd pities it, gives it to corinthian. Mocked as bastard oracle at delphi: you"ll kill your father, marry your mother . Oedipus meets laius near thebes: road rage. He killed his father (but he doesn"t know it) Riddle: what goes on four legs in the morning, two legs and noon, and three legs at night? . Elderly walking with cane three legs. Sphinx kills himself and the city makes him king. Oedipus becomes king of thebes, marries jocasta, has children (wait for. He married his mother ( but he doesn"t know it)".
