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Les grands mythes 19 Œdipe - Le déchiffreur d'énigmes (Fr ARTE 12 2016)

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Œdipe (Gr. Οἰδίπους Lat. Oedipus) est un héros thébain, fils de Laïos, roi de Thèbes et de Jocaste. (A noter qu'Œdipe devrait se prononcer Édipe et non pas Eudipe)

L'Oracle avait prédit que si Laïos avait un fils celui-ci tuerait son père et épouserait sa mère.
Jocaste, fille de Ménœcée et sœur de Créon, est parfois appelée Epicaste en particulier par Homère.

Œdipe exposé
© B.N.F.

N'ayant pas eu d'enfant de Jocaste, Laïos consulta l'Oracle de Delphes. L'Oracle prophétisa que le fils tuerait son père. Pour empêcher l'accomplissement de cette funeste prophétie, lorsque la reine Jocaste enfanta d'un fils, Laïos décida de l'exposer sur le mont Cithéron, auparavant il fit percer les chevilles de son fils et les attacher ensemble afin qu'il ne puisse pas ramper et qu'il soit facile de l'accrocher à un arbre. Si l'exposition en montagne est la plus fréquente dans les textes antiques, l'exposition sur l'eau est aussi attestée. La survie d'un enfant exposé à la mort est la promesse d'un destin prestigieux. Cependant, plutôt que de laisser l'enfant mourir d'exposition, comme Laïos l'avait demandé, le serviteur donna le bébé à un berger de Corinthe.

Comme le bébé avait les pieds enflés à cause des blessures il fut nommé Œdipe ce qui signifie " pieds enflés " racine que l'on retrouve dans œdème, le gonflement d'un tissu cellulaire. Le bébé arriva finalement à la maison de Polybe, roi de Corinthe, et de la reine Mérope, qui l'adoptèrent avec plaisir, car ils n'avaient eu pas d'enfants. Ils l'élevèrent comme leur propre fils.
Des années après, un homme pris de boisson le railla en disant qu'il ne ressemblait pas du tout à son père et qu'il devait être un bâtard. Choqué, il questionna ses parents qui affirmèrent qu'il était bien leur enfant.

Pour lever toute incertitude Œdipe décida d'aller consulter l'Oracle de Delphes et pour connaitre son avenir. Horrifiée, la Pythie s'écria : " tu vas tuer ton père et épouser ta mère " Comme il aimait Péribos et Mérope d'un profond amour filial, il décida de ne pas rentrer chez lui à Corinthe, mais de se rendre à Thèbes, qui était plus proche de Delphes.

Dans l'étroit défilé qui conduit à Thèbes il se querella à une fourche avec un conducteur qui voulait l'obliger à s'écarter en fonçant sur lui. Œdipe tua sans le vouloir le vieil homme. La première partie de l'oracle venait de s'accomplir car le vieil homme n'était autre que Laïos, son père biologique. Mais Œdipe n'en sut rien.
Le seul témoin de la mort du roi était un esclave qui s'était enfui d'une caravane d'esclaves qui transitait sur cette route.

Œdipe et la Sphinx par INGRES
© Musée de Montauban

La campagne autour de Thèbes était sous l'emprise de la Sphinx (ou Sphinge), un monstre venu d'Ethiopie. On ne sait pas exactement quel dieu l'avait fait venir. Selon Apollodore c'est Héra qui voulait punir Laïos d'avoir enlevé et violé son jeune élève Chrysippe, fils de Pélops, roi de Pise en Élide et de la nymphe Danaïs.
Euripide signale que c'est Hadès et pour d'autres c'est Dionysos et Arès qui voulaient ainsi punir Cadmos, fondateur de Thèbes du meurtre de Dragon.

La Sphinx soumettait les voyageurs à une des énigmes qu'elle avait apprise des Muses et étranglait puis dévorait quiconque ne pouvait pas la résoudre. Il est possible que l'énigme soit chantée car Sophocle qualifie la Sphinx de "chanteuse cruelle".

Un peu plus tard, Œdipe se trouva en face de la Sphinx qui lui posa cette énigme : " Quel être, pourvu d'une seule voix, a quatre pattes le matin, deux le midi et trois le soir ? ".
Œdipe trouva la réponse à l'énigme : " c'est l'homme, dit-il, car quand il est bébé il marche à quatre pattes puis il se redresse et marche sur ses deux jambes et au crépuscule de sa vie il lui faut un bâton pour le soutenir ce qui fait trois pattes. " Furieuse de se voir percée à jour, la Sphynx se précipita dans la vide du haut de son rocher. Comme cela avait été prévu.
Selon certains récits plus rares, citent une autre énigme : " Il y a deux sœurs : l'une enfante l'autre et qui, à son tour, enfante la première. Qui sont les deux sœurs ? " la réponse?

Créon, le frère de la reine Jocaste et régent de la ville avait annoncé que celui qui débarrasserait la contrée du Sphinx (elle avait déjà tué un de ses fils) serait fait roi de Thèbes et deviendrait l'époux de la reine Jocaste récemment veuve. C'est ainsi qu'Œdipe devint roi et épousa Jocaste, sa mère biologique sous les vivats de la foule heureuse d'être libérée du monstre. Ainsi la dernière partie de l'oracle venait de se réaliser.
Ils régnèrent assez longtemps et ils eurent quatre enfants : deux fils Étéocle et Polynice et deux filles Antigone et Ismène.
Jocaste a toujours dédramatisé les peurs d'Œdipe qui est hanté par les révélations de l'Oracle elle lui répond :

" Et qu'aurait donc à craindre un mortel, jouet du destin, qui ne peut rien prévoir de sûr, vivre au hasard, comme on le peut, c'est de beaucoup le mieux encore. Ne redoute pas l'hymen d'une mère : bien des mortels ont déjà dans leurs rêves partagés le lit maternel. Celui qui attache le moins d'importance à de pareilles choses est aussi celui qui supporte le plus aisément la vie." (Sophocle, Œdipe roi)

Oedipe s'exilant à Thèbes
Eugène HILLEMACHER (1843)
© Musée des B-A, Orléans

Plusieurs années après, un fléau s'abattit sur Thèbes affectant les cultures, le bétail et la population. Œdipe promit d'enrayer la peste et il envoya son beau-frère, Créon, chercher des conseils auprès de la Pythie de Delphes. A son retour Créon affirma que la faute incombait au meurtrier du roi Laïos. Créon suggéra de faire venir le devin aveugle Tirésias pour connaitre le nom du meurtrier. Dans un premier temps Tirésias l'avertit de surtout ne pas chercher le meurtrier de Laïos. Menacé, Tirésias révéla à contrecœur que le meurtrier du roi n'était autre qu'Œdipe qui ne savait même pas qui était ses vrais parents. Il s'en suivit un échange houleux entre le roi, Créon et Tirésias qui fut stoppé par l'arrivée de Jocaste. Elle raconta l'histoire de son fils premier-né et de son exposition sans réaliser vraiment qu'il pouvait être son fils vivant. Œdipe devint nerveux car il était possible qu'il soit le meurtrier de Laïos.
Soudain, un messager arriva de Corinthe avec la nouvelle de la mort du roi Polybe était mort. Malgré son chagrin Œdipe fut soulagé car il n'avait pas tué le père qu'il considérait comme son père biologique. Le messager précisa qu'Œdipe était, en fait, adopté. Jocaste, réalisant enfin qu'il était son fils, le pria d'arrêter sa recherche du meurtrier de Laïos. Œdipe a mal compris sa motivation, pensant qu'elle avait honte de lui parce qu'il était peut-être né de basse extraction. Jocaste s'enfuit et alla se pendre avec ses voiles.
Œdipe voulut enquêter sur cette histoire d'adoption et il interrogea le berger qui devait exposer le bébé. Ce dernier confirma qu'il avait sauvé le bébé; il montra même les langes et l'entrave sans oublier de demander une récompense, puis il confirma aussi son adoption par le roi de Corinthe.

La fin de cette tragédie dépend de l'auteur.

Œdipe maudit son fils Polynice
Emile FRIANT (1883)
© Musée des B-A de Rennes

* Dans les pièces d'Euripide Jocaste ne s'est pas suicidée en apprenant l'histoire d'Œdipe, et Œdipe fut rendu aveugle par un serviteur de Laïos.
* L'aveuglement d'Œdipe n'apparaît pas dans les sources antérieures à Eschyle. Certaines sources plus anciennes du mythe, y compris Homère, déclarent qu'Œdipe continua à gouverner Thèbes après les révélations et la mort de Jocaste.
* Pausanias raconte qu'Œdipe épousa une autre femme, Euryganie, fille d'Hyperphas ou bien la soeur de Jocaste donc la tante d'Œdipe. Il attribue à Euryganie les quatre enfants.

Je vis aussi la belle Epicaste (Jocaste), mère d'Oedipe, qui commit par ignorance un grand forfait en épousant son propre fils, qui avait tué son père ; mais les dieux divulguèrent cela sur-le-champ. Comment les dieux auraient-ils divulgué cela sur-le-champ, si Œdipe avait eu de Jocaste ses quatre enfants, et non d'Euryganie, fille d'Hyperphas ? Ce fut en effet de cette dernière qu'il eut ses enfants, comme on le voit dans le poème nommé l'Oedipodie ; et Onatas dans le tableau qui est à Platée, a représenté Euryganie consternée à la vue du combat de ses fils. IX, 5,11

* Dans les pièces de Sophocle, Œdipe découvre que Jocaste vient de se suicider. Avec l'épingle d'une broche de la robe de Jocaste, il se creva les yeux et guidé par sa fille Antigone il partit à travers le pays; ils furent finalement accueillis par le roi Thésée. A Colone, Créon demande à Œdipe de revenir pour bénir son fils, Étéocle. En colère que son fils ne l'aime pas assez pour prendre soin de lui, il maudit Etéocle et Polynice, les condamnant à s'entre-tuer au combat.
Œdipe meurt d'une mort paisible ; Accompagné de ses filles et de Thésée, après s'être purifié et fait ses adieu il entra seul dans le bois des Euménides, où il disparut. On dit que sa tombe était sacrée pour les dieux.

Une autre tradition dit qu'Œdipe fut enterré à Céos mais un fléau s'abattit sur la région. Il fut alors transporté à Itone. Les Itoniens, peu désireux de l'avoir chez eux, consultèrent l'Oracle de Delphes qui les rassura. Œdipe était l'hôte de Démèter qui lui réserverait un accueil dans son bois sacré.

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❖ Filiation

Jocaste

Laïos

OEDIPE

Epouse

Enfants

Jocaste

Etéocle
Polynice

Antigone
Ismène

Euryganie

❖ Sources antiques

Apollodore, Bibliothèque: III, 5, 7 sqq

Diodore de Sicile: Iv, 64 sqq

Homère, Iliade: XXIII, 676 sqq

Homère, Odyssée: IX, 271 sqq

Hygin, Fables : 66 et 67

Pausanias, Périégèse: I, 27, 7; I, 30, 4; II, 20, 5; II, 36, 8; IV 3, 4; IV, 8, 8; V, 19, 6

Sophocle : Œdipe roi.

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La mythologie grecque est constituée de divers mythes sur les divinités auxquels croyaient les Hommes de la Grèce antique.

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En voyage à Delphes, alors que nous déambulons dans l'amphithéâtre, un brouillard s'élève et nous entoure. Face à nous surgit une mystérieuse femme... Poussés par la curiosité, nous nous empressons d'aller à sa rencontre. C'est la célèbre Pythie, oracle du dieu Apollon, qui nous lance un défi : celui de changer le sort de l'un des personnages les plus connus de la mythologie : Œdipe !

" Tu assassineras ton père et tu épouseras ta mère ", tels étaient les mots prononcés à l'infortuné Œdipe... Aujourd'hui, je remets son destin entre tes mains et te propose de tenter de changer sa destinée !

C'est ainsi que Joana Oillarburu, professeure de Français, lance le travail de vérification de la lecture proposée à ses élèves de lycée : elle veut tester leurs connaissances sur la pièce étudiée, La Machine infernale de Jean Cocteau, une réécriture moderne du mythe des Labdacides.

Par un clic sur les yeux de la Pythie, nous faisons apparaître un plan. Notre première mission consiste à retrouver la ville où se déroulent les événements tragiques. Arrivés à Thèbes, nous devons réussir cinq épreuves et tenter de déjouer le destin et sauver Œdipe.

Le parcours au cœur de la ville n'est pas linéaire et nous pouvons avancer librement dans le jeu sans contrainte. C'est ainsi que pour commencer, nous surprenons Œdipe en tête à tête avec le Sphinx et sa célèbre énigme, qui pour nous se transforme étrangement en jeu du millionnaire. Et il faut bien se souvenir des événements de l'acte II ! La lettre I est le premier indice que nous récoltons. Nous voici ensuite devant une statue grecque imposante. Pas le temps de l'observer : nous sommes confrontés à un premier exercice LearningApps portant sur l'acte I de la pièce de Cocteau. Il est temps de poursuivre notre quête.

À chaque lieu découvert correspond un exercice qui permet d'obtenir une nouvelle lettre : mots-croisés, frise chronologique, jeu d'association destin et personnages... Les épreuves réussies, il faut ajouter aux cinq lettres obtenues celle que nous avait confiée la Pythie afin de reformer un mot. Voilà notre dernière mission : retourner au palais et retrouver la ceinture d'Œdipe pour briser la malédiction.

Mais la Pythie se révèle être le Sphinx qui peut se changer en jeune fille !

Merci de m'avoir rendu la ceinture de cet infâme Œdipe, je l'attendais depuis des siècles. Eh oui, je t'ai menti depuis le début, en réalité c'est moi le Sphinx... Et je ne voulais qu'une chose, trouver quelqu'un pour me rendre ce qui m'appartient. Tu croyais pouvoir changer le dessein des dieux ? Malheureux, personne ne peut échapper à sa destinée...

Nous voilà donc victimes du plan de la créature mythique ! Pour récompenser les joueurs qui ne pouvaient au final pas réussir le défi lancé, Joana leur offre deux surprises : le visionnage d'une réinterprétation moderne du mythe et un lien vers la lecture en ligne de la bande dessinée 50 nuances de Grecs. Un bon moyen d'étoffer leurs références culturelles !

On apprécie particulièrement le rebondissement final qui n'est pas sans rappeler le travail mené par Cyril Mistrorigo autour de la figure d' Antigone. Celui-ci rend plus concrets et réels les mécanismes de la tragédie. Il est en effet impossible de déjouer le destin que les dieux ont réservé au malheureux héros. Les élèves comprennent ainsi que l'on ne peut empêcher l'inévitable. Il est certain qu'ils auront ainsi compris pleinement le sens du titre du livre étudié.

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En voyage à Delphes, alors que nous déambulons dans l'amphithéâtre, un brouillard s'élève et nous entoure. Face à nous surgit une mystérieuse femme... Poussés par la curiosité, nous nous empressons d'aller à sa rencontre. C'est la célèbre Pythie, oracle du dieu Apollon, qui nous lance un défi : celui de changer le sort de l'un des personnages les plus connus de la mythologie : Œdipe !

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Educational puzzles

I'm a Puzzle is the only free puzzle website that provides game modes to help educators create fun and educational puzzles to complement school activities. Any teacher can create and share a free online jigsaw puzzle without registration.

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The Math Puzzle works like the quiz puzzle, but instead of solving quiz questions, the students must solve math problems to reveal the pieces. It is perfect to help students to exercise their math abilities playfully. You donâ€™t even have to write the math exercises yourself. All you have to do is to configure the difficulty and the puzzle maker will generate different questions every time a new game is started. This way also, the students wonâ€™t learn the questions by heart but need to calculate every time they play.

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The tragic story of Oedipus, his murder of his father, marriage to his mother, and subsequent agony, has been popular in plays and literary works since classical times. Perhaps because of its complexity and incestuous theme, it was hardly painted before 1800. As most art prior to the nineteenth century was made for patrons, it is difficult to envisage any patron commissioning a painting, say, showing Oedipus marrying his mother, or putting his eyes out.

The one episode in the story which has been painted repeatedly - although still only after 1800 - is Oedipus' encounter with the Sphinx, which is mercifully incest-free and relatively positive in nature. It has led to some of the most psychologically insightful paintings too.

Having been told by the oracle at Delphi that he would kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus fled Corinth and travelled to the city of Thebes. On the way, he met Laius, with whom he quarreled, fought, and killed. Although he did not know it at the time, Laius was the father of Oedipus.

When he neared Thebes, Oedipus came across the Sphinx, a ferocious beast with the head and bust of a woman, and the body of a big cat (usually a lion). The Sphinx had effectively put Thebes under siege, by refusing to let anyone past unless they successfully answered her riddle. Those who failed were killed, possibly by being flung from the nearby cliff, although some appear to have ended up providing the Sphinx with her next meal instead.

The riddle of the Sphinx was: "Which creature has one voice and yet becomes four-footed, two-footed, and three-footed?"

Oedipus correctly guessed a person (crawling infant, adult, and the elderly walking with a stick), causing the Sphinx to self-destruct, probably by throwing herself from the cliff.

Oedipus carried on into the city, where he was welcomed as a hero, married its queen, Jocasta, who was (unknown to him at the time) his mother, became king, and had children who were his half-brothers and -sisters.

Two artists, both living in Rome at the time, tackled this story at almost exactly the same time.

François-Xavier Fabre's Oedipus and the Sphinx from about 1806-08 takes a traditional narrative approach, keeping distance between the two figures, and those figures from the viewer. Although their gazes are locked intently, the tension of the moment is low.

JAD Ingres' first version was a full-length figure study of Oedipus, which he sent from Rome in 1808 when he was studying there following his success in the Prix de Rome. It had a lukewarm reception, and in 1825, he decided to rework it, and had the canvas enlarged to accommodate this more elaborate version which now hangs in the Louvre.

He has moved in much closer to the two figures, and has moved them closer together, so that they are not just wrestling with the Sphinx's riddle, but in a close-quarter, eyeball-to-eyeball battle of minds. The revised version was shown at the Salon in 1827, where it was well-received.

Later, probably in 1864, Ingres painted a reversed copy (below), which is now in the Walters. The Sphinx's head is turned away, and almost invisible in the deep shadow of the cave. Although still a fine painting, it lacks the intense confrontation which makes his original so powerful.

In 1864, Gustave Moreau was bold enough to try his own version of this story; given the relatively recent success of Ingres' work, this was a very risky venture.

Moreau undoubtedly knew Ingres' painting as it had been shown in 1827. He reversed the positions of Oedipus and the Sphinx, and brought them so close together that they are right in one another's face, staring one another out. The Sphinx is already latched onto what she assumes will be her next and delectable young meal. She promises to be femme fatale for the young man.

Oedipus knows that he cannot falter. A false guess, even a slight quaver in his voice, and this beautiful but lethal beast will be at his throat. His left hand clenches his javelin, knowing that what he is about to say should save his life, and spare the Thebans. He will then no longer be pinned with his back to the rock, and the threat of the Sphinx will be gone.

Moreau's painting was a huge success, although by their comments many of the critics were unable to read it in its entirety.

Not long after the end of the Franco-Prussian War, in which he had served in the National Guard, Gustave Doré committed some of the apocalytic visions of the siege of Paris to canvas, in his The Enigma (souvenirs de 1870), and two other major paintings, all made using grisaille, the greys normally used to model tones in traditional layered technique.

This shows the shattered and still-burning remains of the city in the background, bodies of some of the Prussian artillery in the foreground, and two mythical beasts silhouetted in an embrace. The winged creature is female, and probably represents France, who clasps the head of the Sphinx, who personifies the forces which determine victory or defeat. The enigmatic question would then relate to the Franco-Prussian War, and the reasons for France's defeat.

With its disturbing sexual implications, the painters of the Pre-Raphaelite movement on the other side of the Channel seem to have been keen to avoid this story. However, Dante Gabriel Rossetti drew his account in The Question, the Sphinx in 1875. Oedipus and the Sphinx are as close, but by turning their bodies more to face the viewer, he has lost much of the psychological tension. The other figures and landscape tend to distract too.

Across an even greater body of water, the Atlantic Ocean, and Elihu Vedder painted his The Sphinx of the Seashore in 1879. She looks lonely, still waiting for Oedipus to come, a beautiful but clearly dangerous beast in an alien landscape, surrounded by the skulls of her victims.

Moreau revisited the story during his later personal losses and grief. The Triumphant Sphinx, or The Victorious Sphinx (1886) explores the possibility of Oedipus answering the riddle incorrectly, and proving femme fatale to him as well.

Other artists took up the story too. Here, Armand Point's Oedipus and the Sphinx (c 1890) tries out a combination of ideas taken from Ingres and Moreau. Its eye contact is weak, though, and there seems little tension as a result.

The overtly symbolist Odilon Redon took the Sphinx into a mediaeval court in his pastel painting of Mystical Knight or Oedipus and the Sphinx (1894).

Franz von Stuck's The Kiss of the Sphinx (1895) was the next major landmark in the development of this story, bringing the pair into a deadly embrace and kiss. Gone is the gaze, replaced by intimate physical contact, with the Sphinx clearly taking the upper hand.

The following year, and presumably influenced by von Stuck, Fernand Khnopff painted his Art, or Caresses (1896). Oedipus is now an androgynous youth holding an ornate caduceus (less the intertwined serpents) in his right hand. His nipples appear to have been tattooed, or bear jewellery, and he is bare to the waist. He stands cheek-to-cheek with a beautiful young Sphinx with the body of a leopard. Behind her is a wooden booth, which has non-Roman characters or ideograms written on it.

In the final years of the century, Jan Toorop did away with Oedipus, in his Souls around the Sphinx (1892-97), and considered an intermediate between the Egytian and Theban Sphinxes.

François-Émile Ehrmann's Oedipus and the Sphinx (1903) is a return to the intense one-on-one conflict outside Thebes. His is the most close-cropped image, and the most flagrant battle between the pair. The claws of the Sphinx's right arm are bared, ready to sink themselves into Oedipus' flesh; he grasps a vicious knife as if ready to retaliate. The psychological fight has been expressed in raw physical terms, although their gazes are still locked.

Georg von Rosen's grim portrait of The Sphinx (1887-1907) completes my series. Alone again, maybe the Sphinx did get the better of Oedipus after all. She glowers menacingly at the viewer, with a large patch of congealed blood at the far right of the rocky ledge.

As with Salome before, the story seems to be changing, and is now centred on the femme fatale.

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The Psychology of the Riddle: Oedipus and the Sphinx

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27 of the Hardest Riddles Ever—Can You Solve Them?

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Think you’re a pro at solving hard riddles? Put yourself and others to the test and find out! (Don’t worry, answers are included.)

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Oedipus the King unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, Sophocles emphasizes the irony of a man determined to track down, expose, and punish an assassin, who turns out to be himself.

As the play opens, the citizens of Thebes beg their king, Oedipus, to lift the plague that threatens to destroy the city. Oedipus has already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the oracle to learn what to do.

On his return, Creon announces that the oracle instructs them to find the murderer of Laius, the king who ruled Thebes before Oedipus. The discovery and punishment of the murderer will end the plague. At once, Oedipus sets about to solve the murder.

Summoned by the king, the blind prophet Tiresias at first refuses to speak, but finally accuses Oedipus himself of killing Laius. Oedipus mocks and rejects the prophet angrily, ordering him to leave, but not before Tiresias hints darkly of an incestuous marriage and a future of blindness, infamy, and wandering.

Oedipus attempts to gain advice from Jocasta, the queen; she encourages him to ignore prophecies, explaining that a prophet once told her that Laius, her husband, would die at the hands of their son. According to Jocasta, the prophecy did not come true because the baby died, abandoned, and Laius himself was killed by a band of robbers at a crossroads.

Oedipus becomes distressed by Jocasta's remarks because just before he came to Thebes he killed a man who resembled Laius at a crossroads. To learn the truth, Oedipus sends for the only living witness to the murder, a shepherd.

Another worry haunts Oedipus. As a young man, he learned from an oracle that he was fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Fear of the prophecy drove him from his home in Corinth and brought him ultimately to Thebes. Again, Jocasta advises him not to worry about prophecies.

Oedipus finds out from a messenger that Polybus, king of Corinth, Oedipus' father, has died of old age. Jocasta rejoices - surely this is proof that the prophecy Oedipus heard is worthless. Still, Oedipus worries about fulfilling the prophecy with his mother, Merope, a concern Jocasta dismisses.

Overhearing, the messenger offers what he believes will be cheering news. Polybus and Merope are not Oedipus' real parents. In fact, the messenger himself gave Oedipus to the royal couple when a shepherd offered him an abandoned baby from the house of Laius.

Oedipus becomes determined to track down the shepherd and learn the truth of his birth. Suddenly terrified, Jocasta begs him to stop, and then runs off to the palace, wild with grief.

Confident that the worst he can hear is a tale of his lowly birth, Oedipus eagerly awaits the shepherd. At first the shepherd refuses to speak, but under threat of death he tells what he knows - Oedipus is actually the son of Laius and Jocasta.

And so, despite his precautions, the prophecy that Oedipus dreaded has actually come true. Realizing that he has killed his father and married his mother, Oedipus is agonized by his fate.

Rushing into the palace, Oedipus finds that the queen has killed herself. Tortured, frenzied, Oedipus takes the pins from her gown and rakes out his eyes, so that he can no longer look upon the misery he has caused. Now blinded and disgraced, Oedipus begs Creon to kill him, but as the play concludes, he quietly submits to Creon's leadership, and humbly awaits the oracle that will determine whether he will stay in Thebes or be cast out forever.

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Oedipus the King unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, Sophocles emphasizes the irony of a man determined to track down, expose, and punish an assassin, who turns out to be himself.

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The Oedipus Plays: Study Guide | SparkNotes

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From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the SparkNotes The Oedipus Plays Study Guide has everything you need to ace quizzes, tests, and essays.

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Edipo. Epílogo (La fuerza del destino)

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Mitos y Leyendas
¿Dónde?
En La 2 de TVE
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Los domingos, a partir de la medianoche

Layo, rey de Tebas, había recibido el oráculo de que si engendrase alguna vez un hijo, el niño, una vez adulto, le daría muerte.

"El oráculo le anunció que su hijo le mataría y se casaría con su esposa"

Sin embargo, estando ebrio, se unió a su esposa Yocasta, y tuvo un hijo.

Al nacer el niño, Layo le atravesó con fíbulas los pies y lo entregó a un pastor para que lo abandonara, así Layo esperaba escapar del oráculo.

De esta forma pues, el niño fue abandonado en el monte Citerón pero fue hallado por otros pastores que lo entregaron al rey Pólibo de Corinto.

Escapar de su destino

Al llegar a la adolescencia, Edipo, por habladurías de sus compañeros de juegos, sospechó que no era hijo de sus pretendidos padres.

Para salir de dudas visitó el Oráculo de Delfos, que le auguró que mataría a su padre y luego desposaría a su madre.

Edipo, creyendo que sus padres eran quienes lo habían criado, decidió no regresar nunca a Corinto para huir de su destino.

Emprendió un viaje y, en el camino hacia Tebas, Edipo se encontró con Layo, que viajaba a Delfos, en una encrucijada.

El heraldo de Layo, Polifontes, exigió a Edipo que le cediera el paso pero ante la demora de éste, mató a uno de sus caballos.

Edipo se encolerizó y mató a Polifontes y a Layo sin saber que era el rey de Tebas, y su propio padre.

El enigma de la Esfinge

Más tarde Edipo encontró a la Esfinge, un monstruo que atormentaba al reino de Tebas. Con su astucia, respondiendo correctamente a su enigma, logró acabar con ella.

Como premio, Edipo fue nombrado rey y se casó con la viuda de Layo, Yocasta, su verdadera madre.

Al poco, una terrible plaga cayó sobre la ciudad, ya que el asesino de Layo no había pagado por su crimen y contaminaba con su presencia a toda la ciudad.

Edipo emprende las averiguaciones para descubrir el culpable, y gracias al adivino Tiresias descubre que en realidad es hijo de Yocasta y Layo y que es él mismo el asesino que anda buscando.

Al saber Yocasta que Edipo era en realidad su hijo, se da muerte y Edipo se aranca los ojos con los broches del vestido de Yocasta ante la horrible revelación.

La recreación de los mitos

La mitología es un tema que ha fascinado a escritores, dramaturgos, músicos, pintores, psicólogos... Quizá la razón es que es la forma más primitiva y más auténtica para explicarnos a nosotros mismos.

Pensamos que conocer la mitología es conocer las profundidades de una civilización. Y desde luego las raíces grecolatinas están en la base de nuestra cultura y de nuestro modo de "entender" el mundo.

El reto que nos hemos planteado es presentar las historias con un lenguaje audiovisual que "transporte" a los espectadores a un universo donde conviven realidad y fantasía.

La serie Mitos y leyendas se ha grabado con actores en escenarios naturales y también en estudio con chroma key.

Esta técnica permite integrar los decorados reales con imagen virtual y así hemos podido crear un universo de ficción en el que conviven realidad y fantasía.

En la serie han participado más de 100 actores entre protagonistas y figuración. Algunos de los protagonistas: Mabel del Pozo, Iván Ugalde, Carlos Díaz, Juanma Díaz, Raúl Tejón, Teresa Soria, Salomé Jiménez, etc.

Quizá lo más complicado es que la serie se rodó en pleno invierno y con esas túnicas tan ligeras los actores fueron unos verdaderos héroes luchando con temperaturas gélidas.

También fue divertido "montar" todo un dispositivo para los vuelos de Dédalo o los duelos a espada...

Una serie de 13 capítulos que recrea mitos como los de Ulises, Aquiles, Hércules, Eneas o Electra y que nos ayudará a entender los códigos del mundo mítico de la mano de expertos como el filólogo Carlos García Gual o el filósofo Ignacio Gómez de Liaño y actores como Emilio Gutiérrez Caba y Rafael Álvarez 'El Brujo'.

Un origen muy lejano

Desde el comienzo de los tiempos, la humanidad ha mirado a su alrededor buscando respuestas.

¿Por qué sale el sol? ¿quién nos ha creado? ¿por qué algo es bueno o es malo?...

Cada cultura ha encontrado sus propias explicaciones, y a partir de ellas, ha creado sus propios mitos.

Mitos que no sólo servían como respuesta a todo aquello que no podían explicar, sino que les mostraban quiénes eran y cómo debían actuar.

Nuestra cultura no ha sido diferente y nuestros mitos, la manera en la que hoy entendemos el mundo, tienen un origen muy lejano...

Hace miles de años, en los albores de nuestra civilización, los antiguos griegos crearon innumerables mitos y leyendas para explicar aquello que sucedía a su alrededor...

Muchas de esas historias se han perdido en el devenir de los tiempos pero algunos mitos como los de Ulises, Hércules, Jasón o los de los dioses que gobernaban la tierra, han llegado hasta nuestros días formando parte de lo que somos y siendo aún los mejores ejemplos de lo que es para nosotros la mitología.

Los mitos, hoy en día

La mitología es un tema que ha fascinado a escritores, dramaturgos, músicos, pintores, psicólogos... quizá porque es la forma más primitiva para explicarnos a nosotros mismos.

Los mitos griegos están en las raíces de nuestra civilización y han contribuido a nuestro modo de "entender" el mundo.

Las leyendas que nos hablan del valor de Aquiles, la astucia de Ulises, los celos de Medea o el trágico destino de Prometeo han llegado hasta nuestros días formando parte de lo que somos y siendo aún los mejores ejemplos de lo que es para

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Edipo no logra escapar de su destino - RTVE.es

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Mitos y Leyendas ¿Dónde? En La 2 de TVE ¿Cuándo? Los domingos, a partir de la medianoche Layo, rey de Tebas, había recibido el oráculo de que si engendrase alguna vez un hijo, el niño, una vez adulto, le daría muerte.

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El enigma de la esfinge

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En el camino hacia Tebas, huyendo de Corinto, Edipo se encuentra con la Esfinge. Se trata de una desgracia que azota la ciudad de Tebas, con una forma monstruosa: medio mujer,...

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Mitos y Leyendas
¿Dónde?
En La 2 de TVE
¿Cuándo?
Los domingos, a partir de la medianoche

Hay dos relatos sobre la vida de Edipo, tras conocer la verdad de su destino.

"Edipo murió heróicamente en el campo de batalla "

Uno lo cuenta Homero. Según el gran poeta, Edipo murió heróicamente en el campo de batalla.

En el exilio

El otro relato sitúa a Edipo en el exilio. Desterrado por Creonte, el hermano de Yocasta, marchó al exilio ayudado por su hija Antígona. Fuera del trono, Edipo fue vagando como un mendigo ciego por las ciudades griegas.

"Edipo marchó al exilio ayudado por su hija Antígona "

Esa imagen del ciego vagabundo recuerda al personaje de Tiresias. El adivino ciego que despejó la verdad a Edipo. Tras la tragedia, Edipo parece convertirse en ese adivino que le trajo las malas noticias.

Al final, Edipo llegó a Colono, una aldea cercana a Atenas. Y allí murió, perseguido por las Erinias, que eran personificaciones de la conciencia.

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Mitos y Leyendas ¿Dónde? En La 2 de TVE ¿Cuándo? Los domingos, a partir de la medianoche Hay dos relatos sobre la vida de Edipo, tras conocer la verdad de su destino. "Edipo murió heróicamente en el campo de batalla " Uno lo cuenta Homero.

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When the play opens, Thebes is suffering a plague which leaves its fields and women barren. Oedipus, the king of Thebes, has sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the house of Apollo to ask the oracle how to end the plague. Creon returns, bearing good news: once the killer of the previous king, Laius, is found, Thebes will be cured of the plague (Laius was Jocasta's husband before she married Oedipus). Hearing this, Oedipus swears he will find the murderer and banish him. The Chorus (representing the people of Thebes) suggests that Oedipus consult Teiresias, the blind prophet. Oedipus tells them that he has already sent for Teiresias.

When Teiresias arrives, he seems reluctant to answer Oedipus's questions, warning him that he does not want to know the answers. Oedipus threatens him with death, and finally Teiresias tells him that Oedipus himself is the killer, and that his marriage is a sinful union. Oedipus takes this as an insult and jumps to the conclusion that Creon paid Teiresias to say these things. Furious, Oedipus dismisses him, and Teiresias goes, repeating as he does, that Laius's killer is right here before him - a man who is his father's killer and his mother's husband, a man who came seeing but will leave in blindness.

Creon enters, asking the people around him if it is true that Oedipus slanderously accused him. The Chorus tries to mediate, but Oedipus appears and charges Creon with treason. Jocasta and the Chorus beg Oedipus to be open-minded: Oedipus unwillingly relents and allows Creon to go. Jocasta asks Oedipus why he is so upset and he tells her what Teiresias prophesied. Jocasta comforts him by telling him that there is no truth in oracles or prophets, and she has proof. Long ago an oracle told Laius that his own son would kill him, and as a result he and Jocasta gave their infant son to a shepherd to leave out on a hillside to die with a pin through its ankles. Yet Laius was killed by robbers, not by his own son, proof that the oracle was wrong. But something about her story troubles Oedipus; she said that Laius was killed at a place where three roads meet, and this reminds Oedipus of an incident from his past, when he killed a stranger at a place where three roads met. He asks her to describe Laius, and her description matches his memory. Yet Jocasta tells him that the only eyewitness to Laius's death, a herdsman, swore that five robbers killed him. Oedipus summons this witness.

While they wait for the man to arrive, Jocasta asks Oedipus why he seems so troubled. Oedipus tells her the story of his past. Once when he was young, a man he met told him that he was not his father's son. He asked his parents about it, and they denied it. Still it troubled him, and he eventually went to an oracle to determine his true lineage. The oracle then told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother. This prophecy so frightened Oedipus that he left his hometown and never returned. On his journey, he encountered a haughty man at a crossroads - and killed the man after suffering an insult. Oedipus is afraid that the stranger he killed might have been Laius. If this is the case, Oedipus will be forever banished both from Thebes (the punishment he swore for the killer of Laius) and from Corinth, his hometown. If this eyewitness will swear that robbers killed Laius, then Oedipus is exonerated. He prays for the witness to deliver him from guilt and from banishment. Oedipus and Jocasta enter the palace to wait for him.

Jocasta comes back out of the palace, on her way to the holy temples to pray for Oedipus. A messenger arrives from Corinth with the news that Oedipus's father Polybus is dead. Overjoyed, Jocasta sends for Oedipus, glad that she has even more proof in the uselessness of oracles. Oedipus rejoices, but then states that he is still afraid of the rest of the oracle's prophecy: that he will marry his mother. The messenger assures him that he need not fear approaching Corinth - since Merope, his mother, is not really his mother, and moreover, Polybus wasn't his father either. Stunned, Oedipus asks him how he came to know this. The messenger replies that years ago a man gave a baby to him and he delivered this baby to the king and queen of Corinth - a baby that would grow up to be Oedipus the King. The injury to Oedipus's ankles is a testament to the truth of his tale, because the baby's feet had been pierced through the ankles. Oedipus asks the messenger who gave the baby to him, and he replies that it was one of Laius's servants. Oedipus sends his men out to find this servant. The messenger suggests that Jocasta should be able to help identify the servant and help unveil the true story of Oedipus's birth. Suddenly understanding the terrible truth, Jocasta begs Oedipus not to carry through with his investigation. Oedipus replies that he swore to unravel this mystery, and he will follow through on his word. Jocasta exits into the palace.

Oedipus again swears that he will figure out this secret, no matter how vile the answer is. The Chorus senses that something bad is about to happen and join Jocasta's cry in begging the mystery to be left unresolved. Oedipus's men lead in an old shepherd, who is afraid to answer Oedipus's questions. But finally he tells Oedipus the truth. He did in fact give the messenger a baby boy, and that baby boy was Laius's son - the same son that Jocasta and Laius left on a hillside to die because of the oracle's prophecy.

Finally the truth is clear - devastated, Oedipus exits into the palace. A messenger reveals that he grabbed a sword and searched for Jocasta with the intent to kill her. Upon entering her chamber, however, he finds that she has hanged herself. He takes the gold brooches from her dress and gouges his eyes out. He appears onstage again, blood streaming from his now blind eyes. He cries out that he, who has seen and done such vile things, shall never see again. He begs the Chorus to kill him. Creon enters, having heard the entire story, and begs Oedipus to come inside, where he will not be seen. Oedipus begs him to let him leave the city, and Creon tells him that he must consult Apollo first. Oedipus tells him that banishment was the punishment he declared for Laius's killer, and Creon agrees with him. Before he leaves forever, however, Oedipus asks to see his daughters and begs Creon to take care of them. Oedipus is then led away, while Creon and the girls go back in the palace. The Chorus, alone, laments Oedipus' tragic fate and his doomed lineage.

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When the play opens, Thebes is suffering a plague which leaves its fields and women barren. Oedipus, the king of Thebes, has sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the house of Apollo to ask the oracle how to end the plague.

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Jocasta, mother and wife

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Jocasta: Mother and Wife

Jocasta portrays the role of both mother and wife in the Greek tragedy, When the play opens, the people of Thebes are distraught over the murder of their former King, Laios. Oedipus declares that he will find the man guilty of committing this crime and will bring him to justice. Through the enlightenment of prophets and witnesses, it is discovered that Oedipus is, in fact, the murderer he has been searching for, and the son of Jocasta and Laios. One of her lines could possibly imply Jocasta's acceptance of incestuous mother-son marriages. When Oedipus admits that he has always been afraid of the truth in the prophecy of marrying his mother, Jocasta brushes the fear aside, saying, "Why should the thought of marrying your mother make you so afraid? Many men have slept with their mothers in their dreams" ( Jocasta also discourages his search for the truth about his past, especially in lines 1331-1351 of Oedipus the King. This is Jocasta's final scene of the play, in which the messenger (the second shepherd) comes to Thebes to tell Oedipus of how he was found as a baby. This is the climax of the play, when the truth begins to be revealed. At first Jocasta implores Oedipus to forget about what the messenger has said, trying to persuade him that "It's not worth talking about" ( In the However, a more widely accepted interpretation is that Jocasta realizes the truth as it is uncovered during the play. She has had no ulterior motive in marrying her son. It is probable that she may have been putting the pieces together throughout the play, but does not want to jump to any conclusions until she is sure of the circumstances. During her final scene, she doesn't want Oedipus to know the truth because she loves him and doesn't want him to suffer. Once she learns the truth she knows that she will kill herself, but she doesn't want Oedipus to learn for she knows of the great anguish it would cause him. In her final lines, Jocasta cries, "Oh, Oedipus, Oedipus, I pray to god you never see who you are!" ( One also questions Jocasta's faith in the gods in the play, which appears to be constantly changing. She and Laios obviously must have had an abundance of faith to be willing to murder their son because of the word of a prophet. However, during her first scene, Jocasta explains to Oedipus that "no mortal can practise the art of prophecy, no man can see the future" ( Jocasta can also be seen in Book XI of Homer's Oedipus Rex, by Sophocles. The relationships conveyed in the play are very controversial, as Oedipus is both a son and husband to Jocasta. There are many different interpretations of Jocasta, her relationship to her son, and the characters' knowledge of the situation. Many believe that Jocasta was aware of the fact that Oedipus was her son, while it is still common thought that she was oblivious. One also questions Jocasta's faith as a Greek woman. Jocasta represents many different ideas to different people.
Before the play begins, Jocasta and her husband, Laios, were given a prophecy that their son will grow up to kill his father and marry his mother. In an attempt to defy fate and avoid this catastrophe, the couple gives their son to a shepherd who binds the baby by the ankles and leaves him to die on an isolated mountain. Unknown to Jocasta and Laios, the baby is rescued by a second shepherd and given to Polybos and Merope of Corinth. There, the baby, named Oedipus, grows into a man and learns of the prophecy that was once told to his biological parents, although he still knew nothing of them. Thinking that the prophecy implies the murder of Polybos and marriage with Merope, Oedipus flees from Corinth and travels to Thebes, killing a man along the way. When he arrives in Thebes, he married the widowed Queen, Jocasta.
Upon learning this news, Jocasta hangs herself the bedroom that she has shared with both her husband and her son. Oedipus takes two brooches from Jocasta's dress and uses them to pierce his eyes and blind himself.
One interpretation advanced by critics and readers is that Jocasta has been aware of the fact that Oedipus is her son from the beginning. There are many points during the play where Oedipus talks of his past. He tells Jocasta of the prophecy that his parents received when he was a baby, which, needless to say is the same prophecy she and Laios received when Oedipus was born. Though completely obvious to the audience or the reader, Jocasta seems to be entirely oblivious to the unmistakable similarities between the two situations. This could be a disguise for the truth that she is fully aware of, and that she wants to pretend does not exist.

p. 66, lines 1236-1237 ). This is also true in contemporary society, as sexual dreams suggest a feeling of love and intimacy that is not necessarily sexual. Sexual dreams certainly do not represent always represent one's subconscious desires. She also concludes by saying, "See your dreams for what they are-- nothing, nothing at all" ( p. 67, lines 1238-1239 ). These lines are intended to be consoling, more than likely simply Jocasta's way of trying to allay Oedipus' fears instead of stating her acceptance of incest. p. 71, line 1332). As he keeps pressing the matter, Jocasta becomes more adamant, saying "No Oedipus! No more questions. For god's sake, for the sake of your own life!" ( p. 71, lines 1335-1338).
story by Christine Morgan, Jocasta is portrayed in the first person, talking to her son, Oedipus. The narration is supposed to take place right after Jocasta died, when she is looking back on her life. She reveals that she has known all along that Oedipus is her son, and that she has not been ashamed of it. She claims that her first husband, Laios, never loved her, and treated her as a possession instead of a lover. The only thing able to give her happiness is her baby. Laios is jealous and sickened by the pleasure Jocasta derives from the baby, so he drives a spike through Oedipus' feet and leaves him to die. Jocasta says that she knows from the moment she sees him as a man that Oedipus is her son. It makes her finally happy again to feel loved and needed, both maternally and sexually. This writing, of course, is only one person's interpretation. Though it is disturbing, it brings to life the logic behind the theory that Jocasta is aware of the truth throughout the story.
p. 71, lines 1350-1351) and finally, "God help you, Oedipus- you were born to suffer, born to misery and grief" ( p. 71, lines 1354-1356). This shows her love and pity for Oedipus, and her maternal (and perhaps wifely) instinct to protect him from pain. p. 55, line 934). She then supports her statement by telling Oedipus that the prophecy she was given about her son growing to kill his father and marry his mother never came to happen. Later in the play, though, Jocasta gives an offering of incense and a branch to the gods, asking them to protect Oedipus and her. This proves that she does in fact possess faith in the gods. It seems that perhaps her faith in the gods is unchanging, though her beliefs in prophecies vacillates. The fact that her faith can fluctuate so drastically reveals much about Jocasta as a person. She may not have any notion or firm belief as to what is right and wrong, and even if she does, she might choose not to follow those mores.
Odyssey, though her name has been changed to Epicaste:

I also saw fair Epicaste mother of king OEdipodes whose awful lot it was to marry her own son without suspecting it. He married her after having killed his father, but the gods proclaimed the whole story to the world; whereon he remained king of Thebes, in great grief for the spite the gods had borne him; but Epicaste went to the house of the mighty jailor Hades, having hanged herself for grief, and the avenging spirits haunted him as for an outraged mother- to his ruing bitterly thereafter (Homer 271-280).

Jocasta is also portrayed in Euripides'
During this brief reference to Epicaste (Jocasta), there is no reference made to Oedipus' self-induced blindness. Instead, he continues to reign as King of Thebes. It is made clear, however, that Epicaste is completely unaware that she has married her son, and that she kills herself out of grief for what has transpired. Some might say that this alternate ending might imply blame and punishment being put predominantly, or even solely, on the female figure. Though both are unaware of their true relationship, Epicaste takes the blame for what had happened. She takes her own life, which is not considered to be inappropriate for the situation, while Oedipus is able to remain king.
This interpretation could even allude to the story of Adam and Eve. Though both eat off of the forbidden fruit, Eve is given the blame for the fall from the Garden of Eden, and is punished far more severely than Adam by being given excruciating pain during childbirth. Epicaste is similar to Eve, as she her punishment is much more unyielding than Oedipus', though both were at fault.

Phoenician Women. In this interpretation, however, she lives long after the truth comes out and Oedipus blinds himself. When she does kill herself, however, it is with a sword and over the bodies of her two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices. This shows her maternal love for her sons again, though these two she does not marry. Many people have heard of the Oedipal Complex, which is the name given to the common feeling by males (especially young males) of being in love with their mothers. The reverse condition, not as well known, is called the Jocasta Complex. This describes mothers who possess feelings of being "in love" with their sons. Cases of this are common. Many people have heard the cliché of a mother who hates her daughter-in-law and wishes her son never to marry. The mother wants her son solely for herself, and feels that since she gave birth to the son, she is entitled to achieve this desire. Though named after Sophocles' Jocasta, she did not experience this complex. Though she is in love with Oedipus, she does not know at the time of their marriage that he is her son.
Jocasta is probably one of the most well known yet misunderstood figures in literature. Though everyone has an interpretation about the extent of her knowledge and feelings, her story is still, and will always be, interpretable. It is most likely that Jocasta is just as innocent as Oedipus, and she does not consciously know that he is her son. However, it is difficult to conceive of a mother unable to recognize her own son. The readers must decide for themselves whether Jocasta's actions are the result of a passionate love she shared with Oedipus, or if they are due to an unconscious (or conscious) maternal love for him.

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Jocasta: Mother and Wife Jocasta portrays the role of both mother and wife in the Greek tragedy, When the play opens, the people of Thebes are distraught over the murder of their former King, Laios. Oedipus declares that he will find the man guilty of committing this crime and will bring him to justice.

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Character Analysis Antigone

With the character of Antigone, the reader of the Oedipus Trilogy might get a false impression of watching a young girl grow up, as in a novel or a true series of related plays. Remember that each play of the Oedipus Trilogy stands on its own. Although the stories of the three tragedies are connected, Sophocles did not write them in chronological order, nor did he mean for them to be viewed in a particular sequence.

At the conclusion of Oedipus the King, Antigone, with her sister Ismene, represents both the helpless innocence of a child and the undeniable proof of an incestuous union. The audience recognizes her pitiful, two-fold vulnerability, but beyond this she remains silent and unknown

In Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone epitomizes sacrifice and loyalty, caring for her blind, wandering father with no regard for her own needs or aspirations. Antigone's devotion to her father makes her an admirable character on her own, but also raises the audience's opinion of the sometimes cantankerous Oedipus, as a figure able to inspire and keep such love.

As the heroine of Antigone, Oedipus' daughter grapples with Fate on her own, not just as a child or a dutiful daughter. Her decisiveness and courage appear in stark contrast to Ismene's passive timidity, and, in this tragedy at least, overshadow even her brother Polynices' bold attempt to take Thebes. In championing the laws of the gods above the laws of the state, Antigone occupies the ultimate high moral ground, but she is not impervious to doubt. Just before she is led off to her death, Antigone mourns the life she is leaving by her own choice and even seems to regret her decision. The moment passes, however, and may represent simply a small proof of human weakness that makes Antigone's strength all the more dramatic.

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With the character of Antigone, the reader of the Oedipus Trilogy might get a false impression of watching a young girl grow up, as in a novel or a true series of related plays. Remember that each play of the Oedipus Trilogy stands on its own.

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Antigone is very much her father's daughter, and she begins her play with the same swift decisiveness with which Oedipus began his. Within the first fifty lines, she is planning to defy Creon's order and bury Polynices. Unlike her father, however, Antigone possesses a remarkable ability to remember the past. Whereas Oedipus defies Tiresias, the prophet who has helped him so many times, and whereas he seems almost to have forgotten his encounter with Laius at the three-way crossroads, Antigone begins her play by talking about the many griefs that her father handed down to his children. Because of her acute awareness of her own history, Antigone is much more dangerous than Oedipus, especially to Creon. Aware of the kind of fate her family has been allotted, Antigone feels she has nothing to lose. The thought of death at Creon's hands that so terrifies Ismene does not even faze Antigone, who looks forward to the glory of dying for her brother. Yet even in her expression of this noble sentiment, we see the way in which Antigone continues to be haunted by the perversion that has destroyed her family. Speaking about being killed for burying Polynices, she says that she will lie with the one she loves, loved by him, and it is difficult not to hear at least the hint of sexual overtones, as though the self-destructive impulses of the Oedipus family always tend toward the incestuous.

Antigone draws attention to the difference between divine law and human law. More than any other character in the three plays, she casts serious doubt on Creon's authority. When she points out that his edicts cannot override the will of the gods or the unshakable traditions of men, she places Creon's edict against Polynices' burial in a perspective that makes it seem shameful and ridiculous. Creon sees her words as merely a passionate, wild outburst, but he will ultimately be swayed by the words of Tiresias, which echo those of Antigone. It is important to note, however, that Antigone's motivation for burying Polynices is more complicated than simply reverence for the dead or for tradition. She says that she would never have taken upon herself the responsibility of defying the edict for the sake of a husband or children, for husbands and children can be replaced; brothers, once the parents are dead, cannot. In Antigone we see a woman so in need of familial connection that she is desperate to maintain the connections she has even in death.

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Antigone Character Analysis in The Oedipus Plays | SparkNotes

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Antigone is very much her father's daughter, and she begins her play with the same swift decisiveness with which Oedipus began his. Within the first fifty lines, she is planning to defy Creon's order and bury Polynices. Unlike her father, however, Antigone possesses a remarkable ability to remember the past.

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Character Analysis Ismene

As Oedipus' other daughter - the more prominent being Antigone - Ismene represents primarily a complement and contrast to her sister.

In Oedipus at Colonus, Ismene serves her father mostly as an information gatherer, a resident of Thebes who can bring her wandering father and sister news of their home city and the rest of their family. Note that she makes a memorable entrance in the play, riding a colt and wearing a large sun-hat. As Antigone's sister and Oedipus' daughter, Ismene is an especially important character in the drama. Possibly Sophocles chose this unique entrance as a way of marking her as one of the members of the family, rather than just another passerby in Colonus.

Both Ismene and Antigone represent filial duty in Oedipus at Colonus, but Ismene takes the less heroic role. Unlike Antigone, Ismene, it seems, has a nearly normal, stable life. She does not serve her father's needs or share his danger daily, as does Antigone. Although Ismene's devotion obviously exceeds her brothers' - even her father praises her to Polynices - it does not equal the sacrifice of Antigone. Ismene is continually in her sister's shadow.

In Antigone, Ismene's fear of challenging Creon and the laws of the state prevent her from sharing in her sister's bold plan and, ultimately, her fate. In this play, the closest view of the sisters' relationship, Ismene's words and actions make clear that she loves her sister greatly, but differs from her greatly, too. Unlike Antigone, Ismene seems paralyzed by her cultural identity as a woman. Ismene is emotional rather than passionate, more likely to plead for mercy than demand justice. The last survivor of Oedipus' house after the death of Antigone, Ismene nonetheless seems to vanish at the end, her identity lost in the culmination of the tragedy.

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As Oedipus' other daughter - the more prominent being Antigone - Ismene represents primarily a complement and contrast to her sister. In Oedipus at Colonus, Ismene serves her father mostly as an information gatherer, a resident of Thebes who can bring her wandering father and sister news of their home city and the rest of their family.

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Oedipus the King Characters Flashcards | Quizlet

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Who is Polybus and Merope in Oedipus Rex?

Polybus and Merope are the gentle, childless couple who are given the baby Oedipus to raise as their own boy.

What does the messenger tell Oedipus about Polybus and Merope?

What does the messenger tell Oedipus about Polybus and Merope? They had plotted to killed Oedipus. They loved Oedipus even after he left them. They are not his natural parents.

What is Merope the goddess of?

Merope: A Greek Pleiad Nymph They served as minor goddesses associated with natural forces: rivers, trees, lakes, mountains, and other important landmarks. Nymphs served as nannies caring for the Greek god of the vineyards, Dionysius (also called "Bacchus" by the Romans), during his infancy.

Who is Merope in Antigone?

In Greek mythology, Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Greek: Μερόπη) was a Queen of Corinth, and wife of King Polybus. In some accounts, she was called Periboea.

What does Oedipus learn about Polybus from the messenger?

A messenger enters, looking for Oedipus. He tells Jocasta that he has come from Corinth to tell Oedipus that his father, Polybus, is dead, and that Corinth wants Oedipus to come and rule there.

Is Merope a God?

Merope (/ˈmɛrəpiː/; Ancient Greek: Μερόπη Meropê) was a mortal princess in Greek mythology, who was raped by hunter Orion and was his fiancée.

What does the name Merope mean?

The name Merope is a girl's name meaning "bee-eater bird". This obscure name from Greek mythology (Merope was one of the Pleiades) is better known from J.K.Rowling's Harry Potter series, as the name of Tom Riddle's ill-fated mother.

Who was Merope in mythology?

Merope, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. She married Clymenus, son of Helius, and had children with him: Phaethon and the girls called Heliades. Merope, one of the Pleiades, daughter of Atlas and Pleione.

What does Oedipus Rex mean?

Oedipus's ankles were pinned together at the time-in Greek, the name "Oedipus" means "swollen ankles." The Oedipus Rex quotes below are all either spoken by A Messenger or refer to A Messenger. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one: ).

What does the messenger from Corinth tell Oedipus?

A Messenger. The messenger from Corinth informs Oedipus that King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth were not his actual parents. The messenger himself gave Oedipus as a baby to the Corinthian king and queen. A Shepherd. The former servant of King Laius who took pity on the baby Oedipus and spared his life.

Is Oedipus the king a tragedy?

The epitome of Greek tragedy. Sophocles's Oedipus the King (a.k.a. Oedipus Rex) includes everything associated with the form: irony so blatant it's almost funny, subtler... Read More

How did Oedipus get his baby from the Shepherd?

A Shepherd. The messenger from Corinth informs Oedipus that King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth were not his actual parents. The messenger himself gave Oedipus as a baby to the Corinthian king and queen. He got the baby from a Theban shepherd whom he met in the woods.

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Who is Polybus and Merope in Oedipus Rex?

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Polybus and Merope are the gentle, childless couple who are given the baby Oedipus to raise as their own boy. What does the messenger tell Oedipus about Polybus and Merope? They had plotted to killed Oedipus. They loved Oedipus even after he left them. They are not his natural parents.

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