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An 8 page paper which examines how the theme of self-knowledge is presented in each of these ancient Greek works. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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File: TG15_TGoebaae.rtf
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popular theme for the dramatists of this time, who pondered the origin of self-knowledge. Did it come from the gods and goddesses the mortals revered; from the oracles whose
prophesies advised kings; or was it an internal process, some profound insight generated from within each person? Also pondered was whether or not this self-knowledge was ultimately constructive or
destructive. The protagonists of Sophocles play, Oedipus the King, Euripides The Bacchae, and Virgils Homeric poem, "The Aeneid," each found the road to self-knowledge fraught with detours, and if
it was achieved, was not necessarily the optimistic enlightenment they had envisioned. Sophocles based his morality play on the myth of Oedipus the King, with which his contemporaries were well
familiar. It concerned the city of Thebes, where citizens were dying of a mysterious plague in ever-increasing numbers and the women who were fortunate enough to survive were rendered
barren. King Oedipus, an outsider originally from Corinth who had ascended to the throne by way of marriage to Jocasta, the widow of the slain King Laius, struggled to
determine the root cause of this devastating disease, so as to save his subjects from further suffering as well as to legitimize his rule to all those who regarded him
as an interloper. He sought the assistance of his most trusted advisor, his brother-in-law, Creon, to meet with Apollo to determine why the gods were angrily punishing the people
of Thebes with this vile plague and what could be done to put an end to this nightmare once and for all. When Creon returned from his special mission,
Oedipus was ecstatic to learn that once Laiuss killer is revealed, the plague will cease. The monarch becomes like a man possessed, with only a single purpose - to
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