Sophocles and the guilt of Oedipus

被引:1
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作者
Sommerstein, Alan H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Dept Class, Nottingham, England
关键词
Sophocles; Oedipus; homicide; law; Athens;
D O I
10.5209/rev_CFCG.2011.v21.5
中图分类号
I [文学];
学科分类号
05 ;
摘要
This article, in response to Harris (2010), reconsiders whether Oedipus, on his own account in Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (798-813) of his encounter with Laius, would have been regarded by fifth-century Athenians as legally guilty of homicide (either wilful or unwilful), and concludes that he would not, because he was responding to a potentially lethal attack. There is no inconsistency between the treatment of this issue in Oedipus Tyrannus and its treatment in Oedipus at Colonus.
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页数:15
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