What Oedipus knows about the man he killed at a crossroads

Authors

  • Flávio Ribeiro de Oliveira Unicamp

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.34019/2318-3446.2019.v7.25847

Keywords:

Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, parricide

Abstract

In this paper I try to demonstrate that in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus the central question – the parricide – is not definitely settled: from an epistemological point of view, it is not possible to assert that Oedipus killed Laius.

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Published

2019-10-05

How to Cite

RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA, F. What Oedipus knows about the man he killed at a crossroads. Rónai – Revista de Estudos Clássicos e Tradutórios, [S. l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 18–26, 2019. DOI: 10.34019/2318-3446.2019.v7.25847. Disponível em: https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/25847. Acesso em: 24 nov. 2024.

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Dossiê: XXV Semana de Estudos Clássicos da UFJF