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Teiresias. Blind Prophet Given wisdom by Apollo Lived seven lifetimes as both woman and man After death he was sole person in Hades to retain gifts of speech and understanding. Teiresias’s Role in Oedipus. His blindness reveals the truth Confrontation with Oedipus concerning true “vision” - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Teiresias Blind Prophet Given wisdom by
Apollo Lived seven lifetimes
as both woman and man
After death he was sole person in Hades to retain gifts of speech and understanding
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Teiresias’s Role in Oedipus His blindness reveals
the truth Confrontation with
Oedipus concerning true “vision”
Reveals Oedipus’ hamartia (excess pride/impetuousness)
Didactism
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Oedipus the Character A man of extremes Proclaims himself “God-
like) Tempts fate Disregards Teiresias due
to his “blindness” Does sight = knowledge? Flawed due to hubris
(excess pride)
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Oedipus and Tiresias: “I know that the
vision of our lord Tiresias is most like that of Lord Apollo.”
Although blind Tiresias has insight greater than that of a man.
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Oedipus and Tiresias “You cannot equal the
gods…but we do rate you first of men.”
Oedipus is sighted as men are; yet he lacks insight into the truth about himself and his world, as all mortals are likely to lack such insight.
Tiresias: “I tell you, you and your loved ones live together, in infamy, you cannot see how far you’ve gone in guilt.”
Mutual accusations draw heavily on the image of blindness
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Oedipus and Tiresias Oedipus: “You’ve lost your
power, stone-blind, stone – deaf, senses, eyes as blind as stone.”
Tiresias: “ I pity you, flinging at me the very insults each man here will fling at you soon.”
Oedipus: “Blind, lost in the night, endless night that nursed you! You can’t hurt me or anyone else who sees the light – you can never touch me.”
Tiresias: “You with your precious eyes you’re blind to the corruption of your life... You mock my blindness, do you? But I say that you, with both your eyes, are blind.”
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The “Big” QuestionWhat is man? What is the purpose of existence?Man most often questions the nature of
existence during a period of flux• A violent, changing world• Social, political, and philosophical conflict• Fear abounds
Sophocles is conflicted between Traditionalism (Gods and Myths <Fate>) and Individualism (the new democracy <Free Will>)
O Generation of mortal menI add up the total of your livesAnd find it equals nothing
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The Olympians
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Zeus
King of godsHeavenStormsThunderLightning Bolt
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Apollo (Phoebus)God of the sunMusicPoetryFine artsMedicine
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Hades
Brother to Zeus and PoseidonKing of the Underworld (Tartarus)Husband of Persphone
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Dionysus (Bacchus)
God of WinePartying (Revelry)
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Hermes
Messenger to the gods Trade Commerce Travelers Thieves & scoundrels
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Athena
Goddess of wisdomPractical artsWar
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Artemis
Goddess of hunting and the moon.
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Demeter
Goddess of HarvestAgricultureFertilityFruitfulnessMom to Persephone
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Hera
Queen of godsWomenMarriageChildbirth
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Poseidon
Zeus’s brotherKing of the seaEarthquakesHorses
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Ares
God of war
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HephaestusGod of fireCraftspeopleMetalworkersArtisans
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Hestia
Goddess of HearthHomeCommunity
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Aphrodite
Goddess of love and beauty