CLAS 220 1st Edition Lecture 14Quiz1. What is the name of Oedipus’s biological father? – Laius 2. In which city is the boy Oedipus raised?—Corinth 3. What is the name of Jocasta’s brother? – Creon4. What are the names of Oeipus sons? Tragedy- Performance tradition- Emerges out of lyric (song)- Begins with chorus - Originates in Athens, just before 500 BC- Annual festival, the City Dionysia- Held in springtime, just as sailing starts for the year and many foreigners are in town Chorus- mediates audience and events, between mythic past and the here and now, provides sense of community, develops character, and intensifies emotion Tragic chorus- 12, later 15 members (all male around 18 years old) being in chorus is a source ofpride- sing and dance throughout the play while wearing masks no matter how dark it is (educational) The city DionysiaDay 1: Processions and ParadesDay 2: the progagon, where dramatists announce playsDay 3-5: Competitions in Tragedy - Everything that can be agon (competition) is. - The agon of the competition parallels the agon of the hero- Three against each otherDay 6: competition in comedy - 5 compete since tragedy happens in Athens, what goes wrong in other cities is often put right in Athens CompetitionDay 1: - 10 generals of Athens pour libation- Judges are sworn in- Tributes from “allies” are displayed- Men who have done good deeds for the city given garlands- War orphans (male), now of fighting age, are presented These 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.The trilogy1. Antigone 442 BC2. Oedipus the King 429 BC3. Oedipus at Colonus $06 BCThe back-story- Cadmus – prince from Phoenicia- husbando Told to follow a cow- where it rests Thebes is foundo Men are killed by dragon, son of Areso Men grow from dragons teeth- Harmonia – wife - Semele- mother of Dionysus- Agave- tears son to pieces as maenad- Ino- husband driven mad, jumps into sea, becomes goddess Leucothes- Autonoe- son Actaeon torn to pieces by own hounds after seeing Artemis bathing - Laius- lefty- great-grandson of Cadmus (takes refuge with Pelops while Thebes in other hands, rapes Pleops’ son __ curse his child will kill him and marry Jocasta- Oedipus is born- Laius and Jocasta order him killed- Shepherd abandons him in the forest- Rescued by another shepherd- Raised by Polybius and Merope, rulers of Corinth - One night, a drunken guest reveals that P&M are not Oedipus’s real parents - Oedipus rushes to Delphi to ask who his parents are- He gets the answer that he will kill his father and marry his mother (not actual answer)- Rushes from Delphi, killing old man in the road rage on the way- Arrives at Thebes, afflicted by Sphinx- Solves riddle of Sphinxo What walks at 4 legs at dawn, two legs at noon, three legs at dusk - baby, man, old man with cane - Gets Queen (old enough to be his mother..) as prize for solving riddle Oedipus- swollen foot, I know the foot, I know how (meaning of the name) Major theme not in the play- fate and free will-oracles don’t tell us what people must do, they tell us what they will do- Its not that you cant avoid your fate, but that you wont- Tyche- chance (play is about chance and not fate) Aristotle says that tragedy1. Recognition- move from ignorance to knowledge2. Reversal of fortune- move from good fortune to badBasileus – a legitimate and constitutional ruler. King because father was kingTyrannous- illegitimate and unconstitutional ruler, king because he seizes powerOedipus thinks he is a tyrannous but is actually is a basileus The play begins- Thieves come to Oedipus and beg for help - The priest describes the plague (infertility- plants, animals, and humans) - They approach him because he is the greatest man and not a god - Sent people to Delphi- He will punish whoever killed Laios – “as is her were my father” - Oedipus is the killer but no one listens - Jocasta realizes that she married her son and he killed her husbandHubris: getting deliberate pleasure from shaming others unnatural plant