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SUMMARY
SUMMARY
When Oedipus was born to the king and queen of Thebes, Laius and Jocasta, a prophet announced that he would kill his father and marry his mother. When King Laius discovered this horrible truth, he ordered one of his servants to kill the baby. When Oedipus grew, a prophet alerted him that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus left the country to prevent those crimes.
While he was crossing a mountain, he fought and killed a caravan of men. Then, Oedipus went to the outskirts of Thebes and he defeated the Sphinx, who would ask its visitors a riddle. As a reward from the Theban people, Oedipus was made king. His bride was the queen Jocasta. Several years later, plagues began to affect the people of Thebes. Oedipus discovered that the murder of the former king Laius was living unpunished in Thebes.
At last, he understood who his true parents were: one of those men he had killed while crossing over the mountain was his father. Oedipus blinded himself, and Jocasta for her part hung herself.
When Oedipus was born to the king and queen of Thebes, Laius and Jocasta, a prophet announced that he would kill his father and marry his mother. When King Laius discovered this horrible truth, he ordered one of his servants to kill the baby. When Oedipus grew, a prophet alerted him that he would kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus left the country to prevent those crimes.
While he was crossing a mountain, he fought and killed a caravan of men. Then, Oedipus went to the outskirts of Thebes and he defeated the Sphinx, who would ask its visitors a riddle. As a reward from the Theban people, Oedipus was made king. His bride was the queen Jocasta. Several years later, plagues began to affect the people of Thebes. Oedipus discovered that the murder of the former king Laius was living unpunished in Thebes.
At last, he understood who his true parents were: one of those men he had killed while crossing over the mountain was his father. Oedipus blinded himself, and Jocasta for her part hung herself.
ANALYSING THE MYTH
ANALYSING THE MYTH
First, we translated the Greek myth into English. You can find the texts here, or you can listen to the audio file. Just click on play ⬇️
Κρέοντος βασιλεύοντος μεγάλη συμφορὰ κατεῖχε Θήβας. Ἔπεμπε γὰρ Ἥρα Σφίγγα, ἥ ἔχει πρόσωπον μὲν γυναικός, στῆθος δὲ καὶ βάσιν καὶ οὐρὰν λέοντος καὶ πτέρυγας ὄρνιθος. Μαθοῦσα δὲ αἴνιγμα παρὰ Μουσῶν, τοῦτο προὔτεινε Θηβαίοις. Ἦν δὲ τὸ αἴνιγμα· τί ἐστιν ὅ μίαν ἔχον φωνὴν τετράπουν καὶ δίπουν καὶ τρίπουν γίγνεται; Ἐπεὶ δὲ μὴ ηὕρισκον οἱ Θηβαῖοι, ἁρπάζουσα τοὺς πολίτας κατεβίβρωσκε. Πολλῶν δὲ ἀπολλυμένων, ἐκήρυσσε Κρέων τῷ τὸ αἴνιγμα λύσοντι καὶ τὴν βασιλείαν καὶ τὴν Λαΐου δώσειν γυναῖκα. Οἰδίπους δὲ ἤκουε καὶ ἔλυε, λέγων τὸ αἴνιγμα ἄνθρωπον εἶναι· γίγνεσθαι γὰρ τετράπουν βρέφος ὄντα τοῖς τέτταρσιν ὀχούμενον κώλοις, τελειούμενον δὲ δίπουν, γηρῶντα δὲ τρίτην προσλαμβάνειν βάσιν τὸ βάκτρον.
Final Audio greco (online-audio-converter.com).mp3When Creon ruled, a big misfortune covered Thebes. Actually Hera had sent a Sphinx, which had a woman’s head, the breast, the legs and the tail of a lion and bird’s wings. After having learnt about the riddle from the Muses, Creon proposed that to the Thebans. The riddle was: what is that thing that has only one voice, is four-footed, then two-footed and then three-footed?
After that, the Thebans couldn’t find (the answer).
After kidnapping the Thebans, she devoured them.
Because a lot of them were killed, Creon announced that the one who would solve the riddle, would receive the kingdom and Laius’ daughter as a wife.
Oedipus listened and solved the riddle saying that the solution is “man”.
So he said that it was the baby having four feet, crawling on four limbs, growing up walking on two legs, getting old using a stick as a third leg.
Final Memo audio Edipo (online-audio-converter.com) 3.mp3Then, we analysed the text to look for archetypes and stereotypes. You can see our content analysis here ➡️
OUR MODERN VERSION
OUR MODERN VERSION
We decided to propose some riddles to the parents to make our activity more captivating and to attract their attention and curiosity. We decided to rewrite the story by interpreting it in a modern key to add modern values and elements, making the story more engaging.
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