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Article: Oedipus
Myths and Legends of the World;      700+ words ...Oedipus Oedipus was a tragic hero of Greek mythology, a king doomed to a dire fate because ... him from the results of actions that violated the laws of gods and men. Oedipus represents two enduring themes of Greek myth and drama: the flawed nature ...

Article: Oedipus meets Freud.(Reviews)(An intriguing new Frank ...
The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR);  August 8, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Foot" and "Doctor Soothsayer," but Oedipus Rex and Sigmund Freud need each other ... a primal mystery in Frank Galati's "Oedipus Complex," which had its world premiere ... at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. As Oedipus says to Freud in their first encounter ...

Article: Sophocles' 'Oedipus the King.'
The Explicator;  June 22, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... Dreams made his famous observations about Oedipus the King, he naturally focused on the main issue: that Oedipus killed his father and married his mother ... dominate psychoanalysis: the preference of Oedipus for his daughters. Oedipus's preference ...

Article: Oedipus wrecked: Freud's theory of frustrated incest goes ...
Science News;  October 19, 1991 ;     700+ words ...Poor Oedipus Rex. Twice he has achieved royal status ... century B.C. Greek dramatist Sophocles, Oedipus triumplhantly ascended to the throne of ... killed his father and married his mother, Oedipus gouged out his own eyes. Much later ...

Dictionary definition: Oedipus complex
A New Dictionary of Eponyms;      579 words ...Oedipus complex Oedipus complex is the psychoanalytical term for the sexual attraction of a ... pattern in males was taken by Sigmund Freud from the Greek myth of Oedipus because the life of this Theban king seemed to act out in detail the ...

Article: 'Oedipus Plays': An Olympian View of Greek Tragedy
The Washington Post;  September 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... the temple. Be prepared to dwell awhile. "The Oedipus Plays," which opened last night at the Shakespeare ... Rudall, has strung three Sophocles tragedies ("Oedipus Rex," "Oedipus at Colonus," "Antigone") together into a single ...

Article: Oedipus Complex.(Theater review)
Daily Variety;  May 9, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... one act adapted by Frank Galati from "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles, translated by ... MIN. Freud, Priest of Zeus Nick Sandys Oedipus Ben Viccellio Kreon Roderick Peeples Teiresias ... dramatically languid, Frank Galati's "Oedipus Complex" adapts the famed Sophoclean ...