CLAS 160B1 1st Edition Lecture 4 Outline of Last Lecture I. GilgameshII. Epic of Gilgamesh TextIII. Gilgamesh & EnkiduIV. Gilgamesh & DeathV. Ancient Hero Motifsa. Adventuresb. The Hero & Othersc. EndingsVI. Ancient Heroine StoriesVII. Ancient Greek Hero StoriesVIII.Outline of Current Lecture II. Ancient Greek Hero StoriesIII. OedipusIV. Sophocles’ Oedipus TyrannusV. Themes of Oedipus TyrannusVI. Exile & Death of OedipusVII. Oedipus & Hero MotifsVIII. Oedipus: Outside the BoxCurrent LectureII. Ancient Greek Hero Storiesa. Connected to important cities of Mycenaean Periodi. Historical places (and people?)1. Probably stories of actual people that have just become grander with timeii. Fantastical storiesb. Extraordinary people & eventsi. Generations of important familiesii. Interactions with godsiii. Quests, laborsc. Link Greeks to distant pastIII. Oedipusa. Son of Laius & JocastaThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.i. King & Queen of Thebesii. Received an oracle before birth or right after birth iii. Oracle: will kill father & marry motheriv. Exposed as a baby (abandoned in the country side as was common of unwanted babies)v. Found by a Shepherd who took him to Corinthvi. Rescued, raised by King & Queen of Corinthvii. Started to hear rumors that his parents weren’t his biological parentsviii. Seeks an oracleb. Oracle: will kill father & marry motheri. Flees Corinthii. Kills Laius during travels1. Self-fulfilling prophecyc. Defeat of the Theban Sphinxi. Sphinx terrorizes Thebes with an unsolvable riddleii. Oedipus solves the riddleiii. Reward: Becomes King of Thebes, marries Jocasta1. Fulfilling 2nd part of prophecyIV. Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannusa. Plague in Thebes - Women can’t have childreni. Curse against murderer of Laiusii. Oedipus tries to find the murderer, not knowing its himselfb. Oedipus vs. Tiresias & Creoni. Tiresias doesn’t want to tell him who the murderer isii. Overestimation of knowledgec. Oedipus’ true identity revealedi. Killer of Laiusii. Son of Laius, husband & son of Jocastad. Suicide of Jocastae. Oedipus blinds himself because of incest & exiles himself because he is the murderer of LaiusV. Themes of Oedipus Tyrannusa. Dramatic ironyi. Play with well-known storyb. Cleverness vs. lack of knowledgei. Sight vs. blindnessii. Tiresias is physically blind but has mental sightiii. Oedipus has the physical sight but the mental blindness1. Developed mental sight then blinds himself physicallyc. Fate & free willi. The oracle & prophecyii. Oedipus’ choicesiii. Double determinationVI. Exile & Death of Oedipusa. Oedipus wanders in exile with daughtersi. Arrival in Colonus (deme of Attica)b. Death in secluded placei. Called by a godii. Disappearsc. Oedipus becomes heroi. Hero cult: worshipped after deathii. Protects & benefits place of deathVII. Oedipus & Hero Motifsa. Exposurei. Oracle surrounding birthii. Raised away from birthplaceb. Defeat of Sphinxi. Extraordinary exploitc. Rescue by shepherdsi. Danger of Mount Cithaeronii. Death avoidedd. Pierced anklesi. Marker of identitye. Typical hero rolesi. Savior: defeat of Sphinxii. Protector: cult hero after deathf. Rewardsi. Marriage to queenii. Kingship of ThebesVIII. Oedipus: Outside the Boxa. Approaches challenges on his owni. No enemy oppositionii. Not reliant on othersb. Brings ruin to cityi. Plagues in Thebesc. Bittersweet rewardsi. Polluted marriageii. Kingship through parricideiii. Suffering through