{"id":528,"date":"2015-04-28T11:47:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-28T15:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/?page_id=528"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:44:30","slug":"the-sphinx-and-oedipus-rex","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/texts\/the-sphinx-and-oedipus-rex\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sphinx and Oedipus Rex"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"528\" class=\"elementor elementor-528 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-t3m7a3t elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"t3m7a3t\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;\">Dr. J&#039;s Illustrated Sites of Greece<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-sec-26\" style=\"margin-top:3px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-360\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid 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class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/mycenae\/clytemnestras-tomb\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Clytemnestra&#8217;s Tomb<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/mycenae\/grave-circles\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Grave Circles<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/mycenae\/kings-megaron\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">King&#8217;s Megaron<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/mycenae\/lion-tomb\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Lion Tomb<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/mycenae\/lions-gate\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Lion&#8217;s Gate<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/mycenae\/treasury-of-atreus\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Treasury of Atreus<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/nauplion\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Nauplion<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/argolid\/tiryns\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Tiryns<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" 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style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Acropolis<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/acropolis-museum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Acropolis Museum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/agora\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Agora<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/arch-of-hadrian\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Arch of Hadrian<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/areopagus\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Areopagus<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/choregic-monument-of-lysikrates\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Choregic Monument of Lysikrates<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/choregic-monument-of-thrasyllos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Choregic Monument of Thrasyllos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/erechtheum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Erechtheum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/keramikos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Keramikos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/parthenon\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Parthenon<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/philopappos-hill\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Philopappos Hill<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/propylaia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Propylaia<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/pynx\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Pynx<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-237\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/south-slope\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">South Slope<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-237\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/south-slope\/theater-of-dionysus\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Theater of Dionysus<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/stoa-of-eumenes-and-odeum-of-herodes-atticus\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Stoa of Eumenes and Odeum of Herodes Atticus<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/temple-of-asklepios-building-complex\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Temple of Asklepios Building Complex<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/athena-nike\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Temple of Athena Nike<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/athens\/temple-of-olympian-zeus\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Temple of Olympian Zeus<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-298\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/attica\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Attica<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-298\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/attica\/eleusis\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Eleusis<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/attica\/sounion\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Sounion<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/attica\/thorikos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Thorikos<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-346\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/boeotia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Boeotia<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-346\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/boeotia\/chaironeia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Chaironeia<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-330\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/corinthia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Corinthia<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-330\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/corinthia\/corinth\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Corinth<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/corinthia\/isthmia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Isthmia<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-477\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/crete\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Crete<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-477\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/crete\/cnossos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Cnossos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/crete\/phaistos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Phaistos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/crete\/zakros\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Zakros<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-471\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/cycladic-islands\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Cycladic Islands<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-471\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/cycladic-islands\/delos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Delos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/cycladic-islands\/santorini\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Santorini<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-446\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/eleia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Eleia<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-446\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-448\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/eleia\/olympia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Olympia<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-448\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/eleia\/olympia\/olympia-museum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Olympia Museum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/eleia\/olympia\/olympics\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Olympics<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/eleia\/olympia\/sacred-precinct-altis\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Sacred Precinct (Altis)<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/eleia\/olympia\/site-of-olympia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Site of Olympia<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-319\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/messenia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Messenia<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-319\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/messenia\/pylos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Pylos<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-405\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Northern Greece<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-405\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-412\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Delphi<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-412\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/castalian-spring\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Castalian Spring<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/corycian-cave\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Corycian Cave<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/marmara\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Marmara<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/mt-parnassos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Mt. Parnassos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/sacred-way\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Sacred Way<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/stadium\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Stadium<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/temple-of-apollo\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Theater<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/delphi\/training-area\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Training Area<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/mt-olympos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Mt. Olympos<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/northern-greece\/naupaktos\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Naupaktos<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-c-460\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/saronic-gulf-islands\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Saronic Gulf Islands<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-c-460\" style=\"margin-left:18px;display:none;background:#E5EFF5;border-left:2px solid #257CA8;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/saronic-gulf-islands\/aegina\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Aegina<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/greece\/saronic-gulf-islands\/spetses\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Spetses<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;background:#D52D81;color:#000;border:2px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:8px;padding:9px 10px;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-sec-486\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-weight:700;font-size:15px;\">Dr. J&#039;s Illustrated Sites of Italy<\/a><\/div><div class=\"drj-children\" id=\"drj-sec-486\" style=\"margin-top:3px;display:none;background:#FAE6F0;border-left:2px solid #D52D81;border-radius:0 5px 5px 0;padding:2px 0 2px 8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/herculaneum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Herculaneum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/ostia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Ostia<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/paestum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Paestum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span 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8px;\"><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/ara-pacis\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Ara Pacis<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/colosseum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Colosseum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/fora\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Fora<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/vatican-museum\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Vatican Museum<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/villa-farnesina\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Villa Farnesina<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/rome\/villa-giulia\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Villa Giulia<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/italy\/vesuvius\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Vesuvius<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:6px;background:#FF9900;color:#000;border:2px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:8px;padding:9px 10px;\"><span class=\"drj-toggle\" data-target=\"drj-sec-504\" style=\"cursor:pointer;display:inline-flex;width:18px;height:18px;align-items:center;justify-content:center;flex-shrink:0;border:1px solid #1a1a1a;border-radius:3px;background:rgba(255,255,255,0.55);\"><span class=\"drj-arrow-symbol\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-weight:700;line-height:1;color:#000;\">+<\/span><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/other-sites\/\" 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href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/illustrated-lectures\/greek-history\/classical-age\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Classical Age<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/illustrated-lectures\/greek-history\/persian-wars\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Persian Wars<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 0;\"><span style=\"display:inline-block;width:18px;flex-shrink:0;\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/illustrated-lectures\/greek-theater\/\" style=\"color:#000;text-decoration:none;font-size:13.5px;\">Greek Theater<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"drj-node\"><div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:5px;padding:3px 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Delphi<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c617j71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c617j71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eleusis<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cl1ryh2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cl1ryh2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Keramikos,Athens<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2hcmxf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b2hcmxf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Delos<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ui3zrto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ui3zrto\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>When we discuss OT\n    (<em>Oedipus Tyrannus<\/em>, also known as <em>Oedipus Rex<\/em>), we often focus on the\n    contemporary political crisis in Athens, the plague that has beset the people, the loss of\n    religious focus that some fear has brought the wrath of the gods upon them &#8211; all the ways\n    that we think the play might have affected the contemporary audience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-brs86an elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"brs86an\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But what we often ignore is the\n    mythic dimension of the play, a dimension that allows us to understand some of the basic\n    tensions of the play. Oedipus comes onto the scene in Thebes after killing the sphinx, a\n    mythical creature with very specific and foreboding connotations from Greek mythology. The\n    sphinx, like many of the other fantastic hybrid creatures, stands as a pre-eminent threat\n    to Greek society and human culture. As a liminal (threshhold) creature, neither one thing\n    nor the other (as a centaur is neither horse nor man, an Amazon neither woman nor warrior,\n    a Siren neither woman nor bird), it threatens our conception of what belongs and what\n    doesn&#8217;t, of what can be understood and what cannot, of what can be controlled and what\n    cannot.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-es52ij2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"es52ij2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sphinx has an additional\n    threatening feature in that it is its intellect that is so overwhelming. It is a typical\n    motif of Greek myths that mythic heroes fight such creatures, which represent metaphoric\n    threats against human culture and Greek society in particular. It is no coincidence that\n    monumental sculpture describing victories over such creatures is found on the temples of\n    archaic and classical Greece (e.g., Lapiths v Centaurs on the Parthenon, the Temple of\n    Zeus at Olympia; the Greeks v the Amazons on the Parthenon and others; Theseus v Minotaur\n    on the Hephaesteum&#8230;). All are the victory of man&#8217;s culture over nature gone wild.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-t2zzu8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"t2zzu8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The sphinx, too, is such a liminal\n    creature. She has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and horribly, the\n    face and breast of a woman. She is treacherous and merciless: those who cannot answer her\n    riddle suffer a fate typical in such mythological stories: they are gobbled up whole and\n    raw, eaten by this ravenous monster. What greater threat is there to a humanity desperate\n    to leave its mark upon history than to be completely consumed and obliterated? Odysseus\n    fights his man-eater (several, actually) and Heracles has his Cacus &#8211; mythic heroes often\n    defeat anthropophagy to ensure human and cultural survival (this is typical of mythic\n    heroes in general: many Japanese heroic tales depict heroes defeating man-eating monsters,\n    and even the dragon that St. George kills is so threatening because it is a man-eater). IH\n    students will naturally think of Soumaoro here, too, from the West African epic <em>Sundiata<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-m4w3gom elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"m4w3gom\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is what Oedipus saves the\n    people of Thebes from when he kills the sphinx, certainly a threat in the mythic sense.\n    Oedipus crows about his ability to save Thebes. He proves Protagoras&#8217; maxim that &#8220;man\n    is the measure of all things.&#8221; Indeed, &#8220;Man&#8221; is the answer to the Sphinx&#8217;s\n    riddle! But not just any man &#8211; <em>Oedipus<\/em> solves the riddle, <em>Oedipus<\/em> ends\n    the sphinx&#8217;s reign of terror over the people of Thebes, <em>Oedipus<\/em> brings a new era\n    of harmony to the city of Thebes by besting this mythic and metaphorical threat to human\n    culture and society.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-v8q1u5s elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"v8q1u5s\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>But ironically (and necessarily),\n    this man who overcomes the great threat to human culture posed by the sphinx is the same\n    man responsible for causing an even more serious pollution and rending of the social\n    fabric: this same man commits the cardinal sins of patricide\/regicide and incest &#8211; the one\n    is disallowed by ancient and modern law because of its threat to society (see Aeschylus&#8217; <em>Oresteia<\/em>),\n    the other is a mythic taboo first &#8211; mythic heroes are supposed to <em>eradicate<\/em> such\n    threats, not <em>cause<\/em> them (I am reminded of Claude Levi-Strauss&#8217; conclusion that\n    cannibalism and incest are two sides of the same coin, being the most exaggerated forms of\n    sex and eating).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-mn3bvw2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"mn3bvw2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>So the fact that in <em>OT<\/em>\n    Oedipus begins with a rep for killing a man-eater and ends with the discovery that he has\n    committed incest (mythically equivalent crimes) is the key, I think. Both the response and\n    the responder to the riddle of the Sphinx is Man and Man turns out to be both the\n    preserver and the polluter of the society. Perhaps this is Sophocles&#8217; message to his fifth\n    century audience after all &#8211; that man has the power to both preserve and destroy. In order\n    to make the right decision, he must go about his business with both eyes open.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-rvusryv elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"rvusryv\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Go to <a href=\"..\/..\/lectures\/mythichero\/mythichero.shtm\">Dr. J&#8217;s Illustrated Mythic Hero<\/a> for\n    a fuller discussion.<br>\n    Got to Andrew Wilson&#8217;s discussion of the sphinx for different conclusions&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dxgy3h6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dxgy3h6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>and then play <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalnet.co.uk\/~loxias\/oedipus\/oedipusindex.htm\">The Interactive Oedipus\n    Game<\/a> to see if you fully understand al the plot complications&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delphi Eleusis Keramikos,Athens Delos When we discuss OT (Oedipus Tyrannus, also known as Oedipus Rex), we often focus on the contemporary political crisis in Athens, the plague that has beset the people, the loss of religious focus that some fear has brought the wrath of the gods upon them &#8211; all the ways that we [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":508,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1205,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/528\/revisions\/1205"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/drjclassics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}