What Oedipus knows about the man he killed at a crossroads

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Ribeiro de Oliveira, Flávio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF)
Repositorio:Rónai
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:periodicos.ufjf.br:article/25847
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/25847
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sophocles
Oedipus Tyrannus
parricide
Sófocles
Rei Édipo
parricídio
Descripción
Sumario: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.