
Oedipus the King Author
... unwilling messengers, and each piece of the puzzle that he learns causes more pain to him. The majority of Oedipus's personal journey is the discovery of the reality of his life and the way it impacts his present. Ultimately, knowledge in this case is damaging, and Oedipus could learn that sometimes ...
... unwilling messengers, and each piece of the puzzle that he learns causes more pain to him. The majority of Oedipus's personal journey is the discovery of the reality of his life and the way it impacts his present. Ultimately, knowledge in this case is damaging, and Oedipus could learn that sometimes ...
Sophocles Powerpoint
... Aeschylus (c. 525–c. 455 BCE), wrote over 70 plays, but only 7 have survived. He is the author of The Oresteia, the only extant Greek trilogy, which consists of Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the Eumenides. His plays have a pronounced moral and religious content. By adding a second actor to hi ...
... Aeschylus (c. 525–c. 455 BCE), wrote over 70 plays, but only 7 have survived. He is the author of The Oresteia, the only extant Greek trilogy, which consists of Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers, and the Eumenides. His plays have a pronounced moral and religious content. By adding a second actor to hi ...
Oedipus Rex Handout Plot Synopsis
... Tiresias’s accusation and accuses Creon and him of conspiring against his life. Then, before leaving the stage, Tiresias puts forth one last riddle, saying that the murderer of Laius will turn out to be both father and brother to his own children, and the son of his own wife. After Tiresias leaves, ...
... Tiresias’s accusation and accuses Creon and him of conspiring against his life. Then, before leaving the stage, Tiresias puts forth one last riddle, saying that the murderer of Laius will turn out to be both father and brother to his own children, and the son of his own wife. After Tiresias leaves, ...
The House of Atreus Period 6
... • Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. •According to an old Greek legend, she was sacrificed to Artemis, the hunting goddess, because a hunter killed one of Artemis’s favorite animals. The only way the hunter would be forgiven is if he offered a young girl (Iphigenia) to be sacr ...
... • Iphigenia was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. •According to an old Greek legend, she was sacrificed to Artemis, the hunting goddess, because a hunter killed one of Artemis’s favorite animals. The only way the hunter would be forgiven is if he offered a young girl (Iphigenia) to be sacr ...
Oedipus
... Sophocles, playwright of Oedipus – He beat Aeschylus, a well-established and respected figure, as an unknown playwright at the age of 28. – Over the next 62 years, Sophocles won first place a total of 24 times and second place seven times in 31 competitions (the best record of any Greek playwright) ...
... Sophocles, playwright of Oedipus – He beat Aeschylus, a well-established and respected figure, as an unknown playwright at the age of 28. – Over the next 62 years, Sophocles won first place a total of 24 times and second place seven times in 31 competitions (the best record of any Greek playwright) ...
Oedipus the King by Sophocles
... the veteran Aeschylus. He wrote over a hundred plays for the Athenian theatre and is said to have won the first prize at the City Dionysia eighteen times. ...
... the veteran Aeschylus. He wrote over a hundred plays for the Athenian theatre and is said to have won the first prize at the City Dionysia eighteen times. ...
Sophocles (ca 495 – ca 405)
... democracy (“ruling and being ruled”) Tragedy for the Greeks was a religious and moral undertaking For Aristotle, “the imitation of an action that is complete and noble” Wisdom is learned through suffering. How else is it learned? Fear, pity, empathy all processed through catharsis First gr ...
... democracy (“ruling and being ruled”) Tragedy for the Greeks was a religious and moral undertaking For Aristotle, “the imitation of an action that is complete and noble” Wisdom is learned through suffering. How else is it learned? Fear, pity, empathy all processed through catharsis First gr ...
Greek Theater PowerPoint
... a man driving a wagon with a bunch of slaves. The man is rude to Oedipus and orders him off the road. Oedipus is enraged and kills the man and his slaves. He continues his way to Thebes while one of the slaves escapes the attack ...
... a man driving a wagon with a bunch of slaves. The man is rude to Oedipus and orders him off the road. Oedipus is enraged and kills the man and his slaves. He continues his way to Thebes while one of the slaves escapes the attack ...
Homer
... The Power of the Play Authority of history: ---The history of ages that leaves no records is myth. Authority of religion: the relation between humanity and gods ---Man should not try to or think he can exceed ...
... The Power of the Play Authority of history: ---The history of ages that leaves no records is myth. Authority of religion: the relation between humanity and gods ---Man should not try to or think he can exceed ...
Why Were the Pyramids Built
... entire statue was painted in ancient times: red for the face and body, yellow with blue stripes on the headdress. Finally, a temple was built in front of the statue as a place visitors could offer gifts to the creature. It is located in Giza where it guards the front of Khafre's pyramid. Legends hav ...
... entire statue was painted in ancient times: red for the face and body, yellow with blue stripes on the headdress. Finally, a temple was built in front of the statue as a place visitors could offer gifts to the creature. It is located in Giza where it guards the front of Khafre's pyramid. Legends hav ...
Casting Ancient Stoneworks version 1.7
... The hieroglyphic for casting obelisks is currently interpreted as “to destroy” and it consists of two casting forms with one at an angle to the other. This angled casting form may represent the angle used during the casting process for obelisks. After completion of the casting process the obelisk w ...
... The hieroglyphic for casting obelisks is currently interpreted as “to destroy” and it consists of two casting forms with one at an angle to the other. This angled casting form may represent the angle used during the casting process for obelisks. After completion of the casting process the obelisk w ...
File ppancient-greek
... The Theban people proclaim him a hero, and when they learn that Laius has been killed, apparently by a band of robbers, they accept Oedipus as their king. Oedipus marries Jocasta, and they have four children. Thus, despite all his efforts to prevent it, Oedipus fulfills the dreadful prophecy. ...
... The Theban people proclaim him a hero, and when they learn that Laius has been killed, apparently by a band of robbers, they accept Oedipus as their king. Oedipus marries Jocasta, and they have four children. Thus, despite all his efforts to prevent it, Oedipus fulfills the dreadful prophecy. ...
Oedipus--The Dr. Philanakalis Program`s
... Polybus and Merope, Polybus' wife, were his true parents. On the road to Thebes, he met Laius and they argued over which wagon had the right-of-way. Oedipus' pride led him to kill Laius, ignorant of the fact that he was his biological father, fulfilling part of the oracle's prophecy. Oedipus then we ...
... Polybus and Merope, Polybus' wife, were his true parents. On the road to Thebes, he met Laius and they argued over which wagon had the right-of-way. Oedipus' pride led him to kill Laius, ignorant of the fact that he was his biological father, fulfilling part of the oracle's prophecy. Oedipus then we ...
The Great Pyramids - Woodworth Middle School
... the men who built the pyramid. his wife and children. just the pharaoh’s wife. no one except the pharaoh. ...
... the men who built the pyramid. his wife and children. just the pharaoh’s wife. no one except the pharaoh. ...
7. Gloss for Oedipus the King
... death: the Greek actually says ‘hanging’—suicide by the same means as Iocasta. 95 them: it is not clear to whom Oedipus here refers. It may be the members of his own family, or the Thebans in general. to dwell among the Thebans: the translation wanders far from the Greek. Oedipus actually says that ...
... death: the Greek actually says ‘hanging’—suicide by the same means as Iocasta. 95 them: it is not clear to whom Oedipus here refers. It may be the members of his own family, or the Thebans in general. to dwell among the Thebans: the translation wanders far from the Greek. Oedipus actually says that ...
Kings of Thebes - the OLLI at UCI Blog
... my way, they violently drove me off the road. In anger, I struck the driver…I killed them all.” The old man, whom Oedipus did not recognize was Laius. The curse of Pelops was fulfilled. The oracle was right, he had killed his real father. Oedipus came to Thebes. Dead king, city plagued by a monster, ...
... my way, they violently drove me off the road. In anger, I struck the driver…I killed them all.” The old man, whom Oedipus did not recognize was Laius. The curse of Pelops was fulfilled. The oracle was right, he had killed his real father. Oedipus came to Thebes. Dead king, city plagued by a monster, ...
Background Stories of Antigone for Storyboard
... Laius, the third descendent of Cadmus, who founded the city of Thebes, married his distant cousin, Jocasta. Apollo’s oracle at Delphi decreed that if they had a son, he would grow up to kill his father, marry his mothe,r and have children who would meet misfortune. Jocasta gave birth to a baby boy. ...
... Laius, the third descendent of Cadmus, who founded the city of Thebes, married his distant cousin, Jocasta. Apollo’s oracle at Delphi decreed that if they had a son, he would grow up to kill his father, marry his mothe,r and have children who would meet misfortune. Jocasta gave birth to a baby boy. ...
DISCOBOLUS (DISCUS THROWER)
... The Greek male standing nude figure known as a kouros had a very long life in the artistic development of the male body. The earliest examples were borrowed from Egyptian figure types and date to around 600 BC. The stiff and formulaically composed arrangement of head, torso and limbs served as a veh ...
... The Greek male standing nude figure known as a kouros had a very long life in the artistic development of the male body. The earliest examples were borrowed from Egyptian figure types and date to around 600 BC. The stiff and formulaically composed arrangement of head, torso and limbs served as a veh ...
Antigone Background Information
... The subject of how much power such “unwritten” laws had when they came into conflict with _______________ laws was a matter of debate during the 5th century B. C. ...
... The subject of how much power such “unwritten” laws had when they came into conflict with _______________ laws was a matter of debate during the 5th century B. C. ...
document
... What was the Sphinx? • The Greek Sphinx was a demon of death and destruction and bad luck. • It was a female creature, sometimes depicted as a winged lion with a feminine head, and sometimes as a female with the breast, paws and claws of a lion, a snake tail and bird wings. • She sat on a high rock ...
... What was the Sphinx? • The Greek Sphinx was a demon of death and destruction and bad luck. • It was a female creature, sometimes depicted as a winged lion with a feminine head, and sometimes as a female with the breast, paws and claws of a lion, a snake tail and bird wings. • She sat on a high rock ...
slides - www3.telus.net
... Prologue (Setting the scene, pp. 57-62) Parodos (Entry of the chorus of Theban senators, pp. 62-64) Episode 1 (Oedipus and Tiresias, pp. 65-75) Episode 2 (Oedipus, Creon and Jocasta, pp. 75-88) Episode 3 (Jocasta, the Messenger and Oedipus, pp. 88-95) Episode 4 (The revelation, pp. 96-100) Exodos (D ...
... Prologue (Setting the scene, pp. 57-62) Parodos (Entry of the chorus of Theban senators, pp. 62-64) Episode 1 (Oedipus and Tiresias, pp. 65-75) Episode 2 (Oedipus, Creon and Jocasta, pp. 75-88) Episode 3 (Jocasta, the Messenger and Oedipus, pp. 88-95) Episode 4 (The revelation, pp. 96-100) Exodos (D ...
Ethno-astronomical testimonies, written and architectural, from
... also used to offer it prayers in the hope of gaining a favourable beginning of the year. A widely known inscription dated t o the times of the 1st Dynasty (about 3000 years BC) reads, ‘Sothis the Great shines in the skies, and the Nile comes out from its springs’. The yearly overflow of the River Ni ...
... also used to offer it prayers in the hope of gaining a favourable beginning of the year. A widely known inscription dated t o the times of the 1st Dynasty (about 3000 years BC) reads, ‘Sothis the Great shines in the skies, and the Nile comes out from its springs’. The yearly overflow of the River Ni ...
Lecture 7
... (477) Confederacy formed to protect Greek member states from Persians Athens versus Sparta as leader Initial successes: Fairness of assessments (Aristides, Hellenotamiae) ...
... (477) Confederacy formed to protect Greek member states from Persians Athens versus Sparta as leader Initial successes: Fairness of assessments (Aristides, Hellenotamiae) ...
Powerpoint on Greek Tragedy, Sophocles, and Oedipus
... • There was a single Sphinx in Greek mythology, a unique demon of destruction and bad luck • a winged lion with a woman's head The name 'sphinx' is derived from the Greek sphingo, which means "to strangle". ...
... • There was a single Sphinx in Greek mythology, a unique demon of destruction and bad luck • a winged lion with a woman's head The name 'sphinx' is derived from the Greek sphingo, which means "to strangle". ...
Sphinx

A sphinx (Greek: Σφίγξ [sfiŋks], Bœotian: Φίξ [pʰiks], Arabic: أبو الهول,) is a mythical creature with, as a minimum, the head of a human and the body of a lion.In Greek tradition, it has the head of a human, the haunches of a lion, and sometimes the wings of a bird. It is mythicised as treacherous and merciless. Those who cannot answer its riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories, as they are killed and eaten by this ravenous monster. This deadly version of a sphinx appears in the myth and drama of Oedipus. Unlike the Greek sphinx, which was a woman, the Egyptian sphinx is typically shown as a man (an androsphinx). In addition, the Egyptian sphinx was viewed as benevolent, but having a ferocious strength similar to the malevolent Greek version and both were thought of as guardians often flanking the entrances to temples.In European decorative art, the sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. Later, the sphinx image, something very similar to the original Ancient Egyptian concept, was exported into many other cultures, albeit often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and the evolution of the concept in relation to other cultural traditions.Sphinxes are generally associated with architectural structures such as royal tombs or religious temples. The oldest known sphinx was found near Gobekli Tepe at another site, Nevali Çori, or possibly 120 miles to the east at Kortik Tepe, Turkey, and was dated to 9,500 BCE.