Abstract
On the last occasion when I had the misfortune to examine in Honour Moderations at Oxford I set a question on the Oedipus Rex, which was among the books prescribed for general reading. My question was ‘In what sense, if in any, does the Oedipus Rex attempt to justify the ways of God to man?’ It was an optional question; there were plenty of alternatives. But the candidates evidently considered it a gift: nearly all of them attempted it. When I came to sort out the answers I found that they fell into three groups.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Subject
General Arts and Humanities,Classics
Reference16 articles.
1. O.C. 607–15; 1211–49.
2. Freud Sigmund , op. cit. 109.
3. Knox B. M. W. , op. cit., ch. ii.
4. Sophocles
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