Menelaus Menelaus was a king of Mycenaean (pre-Dorian) Sparta‚ the husband of Helen of Troy‚ and a central figure in the Trojan War. He was the son of Atreus and Aerope‚ brother of Agamemnon‚ king of Mycenae and‚ according to the Iliad‚ leader of the Spartan contingent of the Greek army during the War. Prominent in both the Iliad and Odyssey‚ Menelaus was also popular in Greek vase painting and Greek tragedy; the latter more as a hero of the Trojan War than as a member of the doomed House of Atreus
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like the prophecy is long gone. Problems within the city begin to arise at Oedipus’ feet he is lost in what actions he should take because he is blind to the truth‚ because he is the problem. When Oedipus seeks help through is pride he lashes out at Tiresias because in Oedipus’ mind the prophecy has been avoided. In the end Oedipus’ fear and pride could have been minor or not at all if he had known the truth about his heritage. The beginning of Oedipus’ tragic fall starts before he has even risen
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Antigone Have you ever thought what would happen if you knew what was going to lead you down the wrong path? What could bring about such a downfall? While reading the book Antigone‚ one could not even begin to express the tragic flaw seen within the character named Creon. Not only was Creon the king‚ but also was a character who suffered one too many cases of a selfish heart. Creon’s actions can be discovered through his lack of acceptance‚ lack of relationship‚ and his unbelievable
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Polybus and queen Merope Oedipus finds out about the prophecy and runs away from home and meets his father and kill him. He solves the riddle of the Sphinx and marries Jocasta and becomes king. Four children: Antigone and Ismene‚ Etecles and Polynices Tiresias figures out truth and tells Jocasta and Oedipus and Oedipus self-inflicts blindness and exile MAIN THEMES Pollution (physical‚ moral) Dramatic Irony Oedipus as Ruler Riddle-solving vs. Oracle-understanding Physicalvs. Mental Sight Jocasta and Oedipus:
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parent’s attempt to kill him as a baby and Oedipus himself running from his fate‚ the result was still what fate had planned all along. Fate used everybody and made them all play a part in the tragedy. Even without the actions of Oedipus’ parents‚ Tiresias‚ and the gods‚ Oedipus still would have killed his father and married his mother. Although the blame from the tragedy of Oedipus could fall on many different people‚ ultimately fate is at fault. Revealing the future to humans is one way the tragedy
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written on papyrus paper .His two most popular were Odyssey and Iliad but there were many others also .The Odyssey is focused on Ulysses and the journey back home after the long and hard war of Troy. The characters in this poem are Ulysses ‚Penelope ‚Tiresias Zeus ‚Siren‚ Poseidon ‚Calypso‚ Athena and more.The Iliad is a poem written by him about the another war called Trojan war between Greeks and Trojans.This poem is still being read by people today. Some people argue that Homer wasn’t the one
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see them. The Limits of Free Will Prophecy is a central part of Oedipus the King. The play begins with Creon’s return from the oracle at Delphi‚ where he has learned that the plague will be lifted if Thebes banishes the man who killed Laius. Tiresias prophesies the capture of one who is both father and brother to his own children. Oedipus tells Jocasta of a prophecy he heard as a youth‚ that he would kill his father and sleep with his mother‚ and Jocasta tells Oedipus of a similar prophecy given
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The idea of justice is one of the strongest motivators for humankind to make decisions on how to live and whether or not to try and change how one conducts themselves. Creon‚ in the play Antigone by Sophocles‚ is immovable in his ideals and confident in his personal idea of true justice‚ maintaining pride and order in his city-state Thebes. He faces the dilemma of whether to prioritize the good of his city-state by ostracizing a traitor in the family‚ or to respectfully bury him as is the will of
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Oedipus’ own hands began all of the disgusting and horrible events taking place around him. There is no one else to blame for the hurt now imposed upon his family besides Oedipus. Oedipus ran away from his adopted family in order to avoid fulfilling Tiresias’ prophecy of killing his father and marrying his mother. Little did Oedipus know that this is actually the denouement to his agony. This event is significant in the fall of Oedipus’ honour and happiness but it does not stand-alone. Oedipus conducts
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which caused a huge problem for your family? In the tragedies‚ Antigone‚ and Oedipus the King by Sophocles‚ both Oedipus and Creon are the causes for deaths in their families. Oedipus was one of the reasons for death in his family. The prophet Tiresias said that one day Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother one day. And because of this his parents sent him to die. But he still lived and fulfilled the prophecy without anyone even himself knowing at the time. Once the shepherd came‚
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