The Murderers of Laius, Again (Soph. OT 106–7)
It is well known that much of the plot of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus depends on a confusion regarding the number of Laius’ murderers.¹ This confusion originates with the false assertion of the sole surviving eyewitness to the murder that “brigands” slew the old king, “not with the might of a single...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2020
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| In: |
The Oedipus casebook
Year: 2020, Pages: 375-380 |
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| Summary: | It is well known that much of the plot of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus depends on a confusion regarding the number of Laius’ murderers.¹ This confusion originates with the false assertion of the sole surviving eyewitness to the murder that “brigands” slew the old king, “not with the might of a single man but with an entire force” (122–23). This claim, which Oedipus accepts at face value, is the source of his suspicions of hired conspirators who may still be at work. Only halfway through the play (765), after the failure of his charge against Tiresias and Creon as the... |
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| ISBN: | 1628953780 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Oedipus casebook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14321/j.ctvw1d58n.16 |