said that Oedipus will kill his father and sleep with his mother. Later‚ Oedipus leaves his parents and heads for Thebes. Along his way‚ comes a man in the center of a three way road way. Oedipus tells him to move and he refuses and Oedipus kills Laius‚ the king of Thebes and Oedipus real father. Then later on Oedipus becomes the King of Thebes and marries Jocasta‚ the Queen of Thebes and Oedipus real mother. Sooner or later‚ Jocasta and Oedipus sleep together and have children. Awhile after that
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Samsa‚ who has shown immense allegiance to his parents and sister. In Antigone‚ several of the characters are loyal either to the law of the land or to their family‚ while some start off loyal to one and transition throughout the play. Kreon‚ king of Thebes made a law stating that Polynices could not be buried because of his act against the king. Antigone clearly values family
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Mycenaean artefacts Lions Head Rhyton The Lions Head Rhyton is a gold lion head made of hammered sheet metal in the shape of a lions head. Lions Head Rhyton was found in Grave IV‚ Grave Circle A Mycenae and dates to the 16th century BC. The lions head is beautifully crafted with ears‚ eyes down to the very last detail and is a very good replica of a lion’s head. It bears distinctive details such as the muzzle and mane. Historians believe that the lion represents an expression of natural strength
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their new capital‚ located just below the fourth cataract Around the eighth century B.C. the rulers of the new kingdom of Kush invaded Egypt 760 B.C. - King Kashta conquered Thebes He founded a Kushites dynasty that ruled Egypt for almost a century They eventually extended their authority to lower Egypt Thebes and Heliopolis: Thebes was the promenade political center Heliopolis was the head quarters of the sun cult Egypt’s Social Class: Unlike Mesopotamia‚ those who’s relatives were not elites were
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not bring justice to Thebes; that all he did was make everything worse for the land of Thebes. However‚ Oedipus did make positive change in Thebes even though some people don’t understand his ways. For example‚ when Thebes was being tormented by the evil Sphinx‚ Oedipus figures out the riddle that the Sphinx would repeat to people who wanted to enter Thebes. Since he answers correctly‚ the Sphinx gets so upset that she kills herself. This is justice for the people of Thebes because the Sphinx was
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to back down once they took their stands. "Pride is part of what made Antigone heroic" (Classic Notes: Themes). Creon had made a decision and was unwilling to compromise. He decided that Polynices was a traitor and was not to be administered proper burial rites
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PROLOGUE OEDIPUS My children‚ scions of the ancient Cadmean line‚ what is the meaning of this thronging round my feet‚ this holding out of olive boughs all wreathed in woe? The city droops with elegaic sound and hymns with pails of incense hang. I come to see it with my eyes‚ no messenger’s. Yes‚ I whom men call Oedipus the Great. [He turns to the PRIEST] Speak‚ Elder‚ you are senior here. Say what this pleading means‚ what frightens you‚ what you beseech. Coldblooded would I be‚ to be unmoved
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the King” is mainly about the King of Thebes and his quest to save his land from a plague that has caused serious damage. Oedipus became king due to his earlier triumph of saving Thebes from the curse of the Sphinx. His people now rely on him to once again save the land from its misery. Oedipus‚ as he walks out of his palace‚ is approached by a group of local priests who are surrounded by the suffering citizens of Thebes. A priest goes on to explain that Thebes has been struck by a plague and citizens
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current situation‚ whatever that may be. This can be seen through Oedipus in Oedipus The King when he arrives in the city of Thebes soon after the death of Laius‚ whom Oedipus would later find out is his father. The city of Thebes is without a king‚ the people without a commander‚ the Queen‚ Jocasta‚ widowed‚ is without a husband to help her rule over her kingdom. The people of Thebes need a leader who can shape the city back to original state‚ and allow the previous King’s death‚ Laius‚ to be only a
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Thirty in Athens organized an oligarchic government. The board of thirty behaved oppressively‚ authorizing arrests‚ executions‚ confiscations of property and the execution of opponents in Athens The persecuted and pro-democratic Athenian exiles went to Thebes. There they planned attacks on Attica and eventually seized Piraeus‚ the harbor of Athens Lysander then led the assault on the Athenian invaders to support the board of thirty. Conspiracy in Sparta overthrew his command‚ however‚ Pausanias replaced
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