Who killed Laius? Most readers assume Oedipus did.
The Greek word for tragedy means "goat song." Is Oedipus the goat? Helene Peet Foley calls him "the kind o.
With selections from a stellar assortment of critics including Walter Burkert, Terry Eagleton, Michel Foucault, Ren Girard, and Jean-Pierre Vernant, this book reopens the Oedipus case and lets readers judge for themselves.
At the play\'s end, he stands convicted of murdering his father, marrying his mother, and triggering a deadly plague.
Who killed Laius? Most readers assume Oedipus did