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Discussion topics focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus and Oedipus Tyrannus: the importance of Oediupus in the grove where his corpse resides alongside all the other superhuman forces that reside there; to what extent we could understand Oedipus as a cult hero just from the Oedipus Tyrannus; the cults and rituals associated with cult heroes in different locations and reusing the myths.
Recorded in Spring 2018 during v9 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 18 and 18, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.
Mentioned in the discussion:
Nagy, G. 2018.03.29. “On Ariadne, draft of a new Foreword to a 1970 work of Robert T. Teske on a latent divinity.” Classical Inquiries. https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/on-ariadne-draft-of-a-new-foreword-to-a-1970-work-of-robert-t-teske-on-a-latent-divinity/
Discussion topics focus on Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus and Oedipus Tyrannus: the importance of Oediupus in the grove where his corpse resides alongside all the other superhuman forces that reside there; to what extent we could understand Oedipus as a cult hero just from the Oedipus Tyrannus; the cults and rituals associated with cult heroes in different locations and reusing the myths.
Recorded in Spring 2018 during v9 of the MOOC, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours, focusing on Hours 18 and 18, and responses to the Discussion Questions.
With Gregory Nagy, Keith Stone, and members of the HeroesX Team.
Mentioned in the discussion:
Nagy, G. 2018.03.29. “On Ariadne, draft of a new Foreword to a 1970 work of Robert T. Teske on a latent divinity.” Classical Inquiries. https://classical-inquiries.chs.harvard.edu/on-ariadne-draft-of-a-new-foreword-to-a-1970-work-of-robert-t-teske-on-a-latent-divinity/
