Sophocles Oedipus Rex
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Brief Information about Project Project Title: The Oedipus complex (Evaluation by a 1st grade psychology student) Duration of the Project: 3 months Information about Investigator Name (surname, first name) Topal, İzem Ayşegül Student No:... more
„Die Aufgabe eines Dichters ist es, etwas so darzustellen, wie es gemäß Wahrscheinlichkeit oder Notwendigkeit geschehen würde, d. h. was möglich ist.“ (Aristot. poet. 1451a37f.) Können wir tatsächlich auch unter dieser Voraussetzung... more
The object of this research is the role played by the Erinyes in the Greek literature on Theban myth from the Odyssey to Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. These goddesses or daimones, who originally played an important role as punishers of blood... more
Sophocles' play Oedipus Rex contains many reflections on the religious controversies current in Athens in the 420s.
This paper is a comparative study on the iconic Greek heroes, Oedipus and Socrates. In particular, it contrasts their responses to the Delphic oracle and argues that Oedipus’ hamartia, his hubris consists in “double ignorance”, a state of... more