Oedipus, not knowing what he did, declared that the murderer of King Laius would be killed or exiled. He also prayed that the murderer would live a life of wretchedness.
Oedipus accused "Creon" of trying to take over the throne, and conspiracy against him.
It is Oedipus who relieves Thebes of the Sphinx in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Sphinx imposes a riddle and a tax on all Thebes. She particularly likes to ask a riddle to which incoming and outgoing Thebans must respond upon pain of death. Thebans remain clueless and so the Sphinx gets to feed her limitless appetite for freshly killed Thebans.
Theban King Oedipus curses the killer[s] of Theban King Laius with execution or exile as punishment. Oedipus promises the people of Thebes that the sentence will be carried out even should the perpetrator[s] be found within the royal household. Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, describes this cursed promise as no idle words.
That he must leave Thebes and never return are the provisions of the sentence of exile in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play ends with Oedipus and the audience remaining ignorant of whether or not the punishment for criminal acts and immoral behavior will be execution or exile. During the play, Oedipus makes the request to be banished to the mountainside outside Thebes. It is only in "Oedipus at Colonus" by the same ancient Greek dramatist that the audience receives the general information that Oedipus wanders outside Thebes for years before dying just outside Athens at Colonus.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
The judge that imposes the sentence.
The Oedipus complex is a psychological concept where a child has unconscious feelings for the parent of the opposite sex and feels rivalry toward the parent of the same sex.
can include fines, community service, probation, or incarceration depending on the seriousness of the crime and the individual's criminal history. The purpose of the sentence is to provide consequences for the unlawful behavior and to rehabilitate or deter future criminal activity.
Oedipus accused "Creon" of trying to take over the throne, and conspiracy against him.
Thebes is the city from which former Theban King Oedipus is exiled. He's the killer of Laius, his sovereign and his father. The punishment for killing the king is exile or execution. Exile is the sentence as it's carried out against Oedipus.
If a statute imposes a mandatory minimum sentence of incarceration, then yes, it is "binding" meaning a judge cannot impose a sentence less than that minimum.
During the prohibition era, the sale and consumption of alcohol was banned in the United States.
It is Oedipus who relieves Thebes of the Sphinx in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Sphinx imposes a riddle and a tax on all Thebes. She particularly likes to ask a riddle to which incoming and outgoing Thebans must respond upon pain of death. Thebans remain clueless and so the Sphinx gets to feed her limitless appetite for freshly killed Thebans.
Theban King Oedipus curses the killer[s] of Theban King Laius with execution or exile as punishment. Oedipus promises the people of Thebes that the sentence will be carried out even should the perpetrator[s] be found within the royal household. Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, describes this cursed promise as no idle words.
Maybe, maybe not. It depends on when the judge imposes the sentence.
That he must leave Thebes and never return are the provisions of the sentence of exile in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play ends with Oedipus and the audience remaining ignorant of whether or not the punishment for criminal acts and immoral behavior will be execution or exile. During the play, Oedipus makes the request to be banished to the mountainside outside Thebes. It is only in "Oedipus at Colonus" by the same ancient Greek dramatist that the audience receives the general information that Oedipus wanders outside Thebes for years before dying just outside Athens at Colonus.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone