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In his landmark essay "On Misunderstanding the Oedipus Rex", [27] E.R. Dodds draws upon Bernard Knox's comparison with Jesus' prophecy at the Last Supper that Peter would deny him three times. Jesus knows that Peter will do this, but readers would in no way suggest that Peter was a puppet of fate being forced to deny Christ.
Oedipus (UK: / ˈ iː d ɪ p ə s /, also US: / ˈ ɛ d ə-/; Ancient Greek: Οἰδίπους "swollen foot") was a mythical Greek king of Thebes.A tragic hero in Greek mythology, Oedipus fulfilled a prophecy that he would end up killing his father and marrying his mother, thereby bringing disaster to his city and family.
The plot of Oedipus Rex may have been influenced by the Oedipodea. Sophocles also wrote another tragedy, Epigoni. Unfortunately, the script has been lost and only a few fragments remain. The Thebaid was probably the basis for a later Latin epic poem of the same title which describes the struggle of Polynices and Eteocles for the throne of Thebes.
A notable fictional example of a self-fulfilling prophecy occurs in classical play Oedipus Rex, in which Oedipus becomes the king of Thebes, whilst in the process unwittingly fulfills a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. The prophecy itself serves as the impetus for his actions, and thus it is self-fulfilling. [50]
In the timeline of the plays, the events of Oedipus at Colonus occur after Oedipus Rex and before Antigone; however, it was the last of Sophocles's three Theban plays to be written. The play describes the end of Oedipus 's tragic life.
Theodora Carlisle approaches the “Africanist Vision” with the themes of prophecy and knowledge, which are two of the major themes in the play. Carlisle suggests that Scylla is the character that personalizes the themes of prophecy and knowledge: “In a like manner, Scylla is aligned with feminine forces.
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Although in Oedipus at Colonus, Hippomedon is the son of Talaus (and so a brother of Adrastus), and in Hyginus he was the son of a sister of Adrastus, according to Apollodorus, Hippomedon was the son of Aristomachus, another brother of Adrastus. Apollodorus notes however that "some" said Hippomedon was the son of Talaus.