Oedipus as Pharmakos
The opening of Oedipus Tyrannus creates for its audience a powerful set of expectations. The stage is filled with suffering suppliants from a city wracked by disease. Almost immediately, Oedipus, ironically preparing the audience for the contents of the oracle that Creon brings from Delphi, equates...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
| Έλεγχος διαθεσιμότητας: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Έκδοση: |
2020
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| Στο/Στη: |
The Oedipus casebook
Έτος: 2020, Σελίδες: 309-326 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Σύνοψη: | The opening of Oedipus Tyrannus creates for its audience a powerful set of expectations. The stage is filled with suffering suppliants from a city wracked by disease. Almost immediately, Oedipus, ironically preparing the audience for the contents of the oracle that Creon brings from Delphi, equates his own sufferings with that of the city (59–61).¹ The source of the city’s sufferings is the polluted killer of Laius. Apollo commands that the community (96) must either banish this source of pollution or exact blood in exchange for blood (100–101). In ignorance Oedipus reinforces the command of the oracle with... |
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| ISBN: | 9781628953787 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The Oedipus casebook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14321/j.ctvw1d58n.13 |
