Who killed Laius? Most readers assume Oedipus did. At the play's end, he stands convicted of murdering his father, marrying his mother, and triggering a deadly plague. Weighing the evidence against him and placing the play in the context of Greek scapegoat rites, this book reopens the Oedipus case and lets readers judge for themselves. It features selections from Walter Burkert, Terry Eagleton, Michel Foucault, Ren??? Girard, and other eminent critics as well as a new translation of the play by Wm. Blake Tyrrell and the ...
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Who killed Laius? Most readers assume Oedipus did. At the play's end, he stands convicted of murdering his father, marrying his mother, and triggering a deadly plague. Weighing the evidence against him and placing the play in the context of Greek scapegoat rites, this book reopens the Oedipus case and lets readers judge for themselves. It features selections from Walter Burkert, Terry Eagleton, Michel Foucault, Ren??? Girard, and other eminent critics as well as a new translation of the play by Wm. Blake Tyrrell and the authoritative Greek text established by H. Lloyd-Jones and N. G. Wilson for Oxford University Press.
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