Mito, sacralidade e tirania no Édipo tirano
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As the most accomplished version of the Greek myth of Oedipus, the tragedy Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles is the basic source for the understanding of many problems in the interpretation of cultures (Greek and others). Nevertheless, it's a document strongly related to its own social and historical context. Aiming to reach cardinal meanings of this masterpiece, hereby we will do a close reading of the Second Stasimon (vv. 863-910), considering its main interpretative problems and perceiving the m ...
As the most accomplished version of the Greek myth of Oedipus, the tragedy Oedipus Tyrannus of Sophocles is the basic source for the understanding of many problems in the interpretation of cultures (Greek and others). Nevertheless, it's a document strongly related to its own social and historical context. Aiming to reach cardinal meanings of this masterpiece, hereby we will do a close reading of the Second Stasimon (vv. 863-910), considering its main interpretative problems and perceiving the many ways it connects the religious ethics to the idea of social and political order. Hence we can also explain the meaning of tyranny in this tragedy as well as in its communicative context. ...
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Organon. Porto Alegre. Vol. 13, n. 27 (1999), p. 71-86
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