The film explores the themes of fate, prophecy, and the struggle between human intelligence and divine knowledge through the ...
After a period of time passes, the Gods want the murder of the former King of Thebes to be avenged. Oedipus begins to uncover the turth about his own past and the prophocies that Jocasta and the ...
Dr. Sigmund Freud studied the Oedipus myth and came to a shocking conclusion: Oedipus, like most sons, was in love with his mother, and, as many a son would like to do, killed his father to get her.
Poor Oedipus leads a life doomed by the Gods. Abandoned to die by his father King Laius of Thebes, in order to thwart a prophecy, Oedipus is found by shepherds and raised by foster-parents ...
This course takes a literary approach to the mythology of Ancient Greece and Rome. We will explore stories of creation of the world, the fall of Troy, the travels of Odysseus and Theseus, the sins of ...
Motlow State’s Theatre department will present “Oedipus” in April on the Moore County Campus. This version of the play was adapted from Sophocles’s original story by playwright Ellen McLaughlin and ...