Er Dodds Article On The Misunderstanding Oedipus

E.R. Dodds article on the misunderstanding the oedipus rex assets the situation in three points.His first point is, fate was the main reason the play ended the way it did, it was not decreed that he would know the truth,he was destined to marry his mother and kill his father. The gods never indicate that he would know what he had done. Dodds backs up his claim by saying that oedipus and his own arrogance and pride are responsible for the tragedy that he suffered. In the play oedipus feels so proud that oedipus was able to solve the riddle to save thebes. He also says that Oedipus was guilty in the previous play's beginning and if the gods were punishing him for his behavior toward, Creon they did so fully. Also, Sophocles wrote Oedipus to