geographic significance oedipus rex
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Geographic Significance Oedipus Rex. Eric Helmold. Impact of Geography. Geographic circumstances shape play events Facilitate plot progression Setting Approximate date 430 B.C . Ancient Greece. Geographic Background. Troy. Birth of Oedipus. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Geographic Significance Oedipus RexEric Helmold
Impact of Geography• Geographic circumstances shape play events• Facilitate plot progression• Setting• Approximate date 430 B.C.• Ancient Greece
Geographic Background
Troy
Birth of Oedipus• Son born to Laïos and
Iokastê at Thebes• Laïos seeks future of his
son• Oedipus’ prophesy is
given
Thebes
Abandonment • Laïos gives son to
shepherd• Left to die at Mount
Cithaeron• Significance of
Mountains to Greeks
Thebes
Mount Cithaeron
Prince of Corinth• Shepherd gives child
to Corinthian shepherd• Adopted by Polybos
and Meropê
Thebes
Mount Cithaeron
Corinth
Journey to Delphi• Oedipus questions
ancestry, Oracle at Delphi• “Yet the suspicion
remained aching in my mind” (1108)• Fumes of the Earth
Thebes
Mount Cithaeron
Corinth
Delphi
Return to Thebes• Hears prophesy,
decides to not return• Travels to Thebes,
crossroads incident• “Phokis […] where
the Theban Way divides […] toward Delphi and Daulia”• Backcountry
Thebes
Mount Cithaeron
Corinth
Delphi Daulia
Conclusion• Oedipus leaves Thebes, wanders to Athens• By Google Earth• Total Distance: 153 mi
• Geography allows for event feasibility• Sophocles uses geography to move plot
Thebes
Corinth
Delphi Daulia
Athens
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