The Oedipus myth — an anthropological analysis

Authors

  • Silvia M. S. Carvalho

Keywords:

Mitologia, mitologia grega, análise estrutural e histórico-cultural, mito e calendário, mito e pensamento filosófico, mito e ideologia política

Abstract

The article concerning a discussion over Oedipus myth, tries ftrst to infer the astronomic — calendrical code of the myth. A second lecture indents Oedipus psychological type as pamted by sophocles, which corresponds apparently to the risind Greek philosophical spirit at lasl, retaking some other analysis (as these of Luc de Heusch, R. Cohen and Yamagushi), the article intends to discover the political code, trymg to pursue the transformation of political structures, in the historical context of Greek urbanisation, followmg some research — line as Jean-Pierre Venant.

Published

24/08/2009

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Section

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