Sophocles and the guilt of Oedipus

  • Alan H. Sommerstein University of Nottingham

Abstract

This article, in response to Harris (2010), reconsiders whether Oedipus, on his own account in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus (798-813) of his encounter with Laius, would have been regarded by fifth-century Athenians as legally guilty of homicide (either wilful or unwilful), and concludes that he would not, because he was responding to a potentially lethal attack. There is no inconsistency between the treatment of this issue in Oedipus Tyrannus and its treatment in Oedipus at Colonus.

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Alan H. Sommerstein, University of Nottingham

Department of Classics

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Sommerstein A. H. (2011). Sophocles and the guilt of Oedipus. Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios griegos e indoeuropeos, 21, 103-117. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCG.2011.v21.5
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