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Geographic Significance Oedipus Rex

Geographic Significance Oedipus Rex. Eric Helmold. Impact of Geography. Geographic circumstances shape play events Facilitate plot progression Setting Approximate date 430 B.C . Ancient Greece. Geographic Background. Troy. Birth of Oedipus.

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Geographic Significance Oedipus Rex

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  1. Geographic Significance Oedipus Rex Eric Helmold

  2. Impact of Geography • Geographic circumstances shape play events • Facilitate plot progression • Setting • Approximate date 430 B.C. • Ancient Greece

  3. Geographic Background Troy

  4. Birth of Oedipus • Son born to Laïosand Iokastê at Thebes • Laïos seeks future of his son • Oedipus’ prophesy is given Thebes

  5. Abandonment • Laïos gives son to shepherd • Left to die at Mount Cithaeron • Significance of Mountains to Greeks Thebes Mount Cithaeron

  6. Prince of Corinth • Shepherd gives child to Corinthian shepherd • Adopted by Polybos and Meropê Thebes Mount Cithaeron Corinth

  7. Journey to Delphi • Oedipus questions ancestry, Oracle at Delphi • “Yet the suspicion remained aching in my mind” (1108) • Fumes of the Earth Delphi Thebes Mount Cithaeron Corinth

  8. Return to Thebes • Hears prophesy, decides to not return • Travels to Thebes, crossroads incident • “Phokis […] where the Theban Way divides […] toward Delphi and Daulia” • Backcountry Daulia Delphi Thebes Mount Cithaeron Corinth

  9. Conclusion • Oedipus leaves Thebes, wanders to Athens • By Google Earth • Total Distance: 153 mi • Geography allows for event feasibility • Sophocles uses geography to move plot Daulia Delphi Thebes Athens Corinth

  10. Work Cited

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