CLC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Oedipus Complex, Trachis, Greek Hero Cult
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Every march; religious rituals and theatre performances. 6 days of religious rites including sacrifices and feasts; 3 days of tragedy and satyrs and one day of comedy. Won the most victries of the surviving tragedy writers. Makes use of dramatic action, explore psychological. Might have acted in his own plays. Ajx and odysseus fight over wgo will recieve the armor of achilles; odysseus wins. Achilles takes revenge on greek then commits suicide. Electra and orestes plt to kill clytamastra to avenge agamemnon. Recieved a robe dipped in poison blood. Put out of suffering by being burned at pyre. Myth of oedipus would have been familiar to audience. Oedipus doesn"t know truth himself but audience knows the story. Caused disorder throughout the city; bodies scattered without proper burial. Laius abducted chrysipus, the son of his host, pelops. Laius tried to avoid the curse by leaving his infant son to die with a spike in ankle.
