That the rescue does not save him from his prophesied fate is the reason why Oedipus curses the man who saves him from an infant death in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, a Theban shepherd is Theban Queen Jocasta's most trusted servant. Jocasta makes the request that her three-day-old son Oedipus be killed rather than grow up to his predicated fate as his father's killer. The shepherd instead presents Oedipus to a Corinthian shepherd heading back to the Corinth where the royal couple is childless. But Oedipus turns out to be exactly what the Furies of fate predict despite the efforts of Jocasta, Laius, Oedipus and the shepherd to the contrary.
Yes. Apex answer is a).
A rod is run through both ankles of the infant Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, the rod pins the infant's ankles together. It makes it easier to cast the infant on a hillside for death by wildlife, weather, starvation, exposure and dehydration. But the three-day-old infant is not cast on a hillside and therefore is freed from the rod. But as a consequence, Oedipus grows up with swollen feet, permanent scars, and a shuffling gait.
It is the Corinthian messenger who tells Oedipus about his abandonment in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Corinthian messenger says that Oedipus is not Corinthian born. He states that he found Oedipus and brought him to Corinth. The messenger tells of finding the abandoned infant Oedipus outside Thebes.
Divine ill will towards Labadacus'descendants is Oedipus' curse in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Labdacus is King Oedipus' paternal grandfather. He gets cursed by, and meets with an early violent death because of, Dionysos the wine god. Angry gods do not give up until they ruin things for Labdacus' son King Laius and his grandson King Oedipus.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Yes. Apex answer is a).
A rod is run through both ankles of the infant Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex."Specifically, the rod pins the infant's ankles together. It makes it easier to cast the infant on a hillside for death by wildlife, weather, starvation, exposure and dehydration. But the three-day-old infant is not cast on a hillside and therefore is freed from the rod. But as a consequence, Oedipus grows up with swollen feet, permanent scars, and a shuffling gait.
It is the Corinthian messenger who tells Oedipus about his abandonment in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Corinthian messenger says that Oedipus is not Corinthian born. He states that he found Oedipus and brought him to Corinth. The messenger tells of finding the abandoned infant Oedipus outside Thebes.
Divine ill will towards Labadacus'descendants is Oedipus' curse in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Labdacus is King Oedipus' paternal grandfather. He gets cursed by, and meets with an early violent death because of, Dionysos the wine god. Angry gods do not give up until they ruin things for Labdacus' son King Laius and his grandson King Oedipus.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
No, Oedipus does not curse Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus is angry, horrified and upset to discover that his life is exactly as it is fated to be. But he never lets any of these emotions be expressed against his beloved Thebes. In fact, he ultimately requests to be exiled outside Thebes so as not to condemn the city with his cursed, polluting presence.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
It is the Corinthian messenger who identifies the old shepherd as the man who spares the infant Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Corinthian messenger is in a position to know. At the time of Theban King Oedipus' infancy, the messenger is working as a shepherd. He gets to have his flocks graze in Thebes between spring and fall. He accepts Oedipus from the Theban shepherd who cannot bring himself to carry out royal orders to kill the three-day-old infant.
The Theban shepherd spares the infant Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Theban shepherd is Theban Queen Jocasta's most trusted servant. He therefore is given Jocasta's infant to dispose of when the Theban monarchs receive the prophecy that their son will grow up to kill his father. Instead, the shepherd makes the understandable but fateful choice to save Oedipus' life by handing him over to a Corinthian colleague for fostering into the childless Corinthian royal household.
That the Theban royal household may be implicated is the outcome hinted by Oedipus' curse on the murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Apolline oracles says that the pestilence in Thebes will end with the identification and punishment of the guilty in the murder of Theban King Laius, King Oedipus' royal predecessor. Oedipus takes it upon himself to extend the curse of execution or exile to whomsoever harbors or helps the murderer. He volunteers that this curse will be carried out even if the murderer or murderous accessories are found within his own household within the Theban royal palace.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
Corinth is where Oedipus grows up in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebes is Oedipus' actual hometown. But as an infant, he moves to Corinth in the initial company of a Corinthian shepherd. He therefore remembers nothing of any home life other than that of the Corinthian royal palace.