ENGL 2029 Chapter : Oedipus
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Greece and greek drama: greece was combined of sum 200 city-states, some as big as 400 square miles, and others as tiny as 2 square miles. Although all of the greek city states shared the same language, traditions, and religion, each polis governed itself, issued its own president, and provided its own military defenses. The autonomy of the city states fostered fierce competition and big rivalry: the athletic games were an athletic contest in which all of the greek city states participated. This guy remembered that there was a bandit of highway men that outnumbered the king. The reason why no one looked for clues or whatever was because that"s when the. Sphinx appeared: later they bring in who they think is second best to finding out who killed laius, and that"s tiresias; a blind prophet who is claimed to know all truths.
