Lêistas Ephaske: Oedipus and Laius’ Many Murderers
We are accustomed to believing that we understand Sophocles’ treatment of the Oedipus myth. The Priest of Zeus appeals to Oedipus for help against the deadly pestilence which is emptying the Theban polis. Learning from the Delphic oracle that the pollution will end when the murderer of the former Th...
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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: 393-420 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Girard, René 1923-2015
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Σύνοψη: | We are accustomed to believing that we understand Sophocles’ treatment of the Oedipus myth. The Priest of Zeus appeals to Oedipus for help against the deadly pestilence which is emptying the Theban polis. Learning from the Delphic oracle that the pollution will end when the murderer of the former Theban monarch is found and banished, Oedipus champions Laius “as if he had been my father” and undertakes an investigation on his behalf. He consults the prophet Teiresias, his kinsman Creon, his wife Jocasta, and summons the lone surviving witness of the Phocal massacre, a man who turns out to be... |
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| ISBN: | 9781628953787 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The Oedipus casebook
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14321/j.ctvw1d58n.18 |
