The Dating Forum Forum Index The Dating Forum
Welcome to the LetsMeet Dating Forum
 
 FAQFAQ   SearchSearch   MemberlistMemberlist   UsergroupsUsergroups   RegisterRegister 
 ProfileProfile   Log in to check your private messagesLog in to check your private messages   Log inLog in 

Oedipus

 
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Dating Forum Forum Index -> General discussion
View previous topic :: View next topic  

Was it the prophecy or was it road rage?
Prophecy
0%
 0%  [ 0 ]
Road rage
100%
 100%  [ 2 ]
Total Votes : 2

Author Message
MrBig



Joined: 30 Nov 2012
Posts: 13

PostPosted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 7:49 pm    Post subject: Oedipus Reply with quote

This is a Greek legend, in case you were thinking something else.

Oedipus was the son of Laius, king of Thebes, and his wife Jocasta, who was the daughter of Creon, king of Corinth.

Laius wished to thwart a prophecy saying that his child would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother. Thus, he fastened the infant's feet together with a large pin and left him to die on a mountainside.
The baby was found by shepherds and raised by the King and Queen of Corinth.

Once he had grown up Oedipus left for Thebes. On the road, Oedipus met an older man in a chariot coming the other way on a narrow road. The two quarreled over who should give way, which resulted in Oedipus killing the stranger and continuing on to Thebes.

He found that the king of the city (Laius) had been recently killed and that the city was at the mercy of the Sphinx. Oedipus answered the monster's riddle correctly, defeating it and winning the throne of the dead king and the hand in marriage of the king's widow, Jocasta.

Thus poor Oedipus unwittingly killed his father and unknowingly, married his own mother. The son and mother (now husband and wife) had two children.

When the facts were discovered, as they inevitably would be, Oedipus went insane and put out his own eyes. His mother Jacosta, having learned she had married her own son, and the murderer of her husband, King Laius, hanged herself.

A Greek tragedy of note. I say that road rage was to blame for it all. Remember the two chariots on the narrow road, mentioned earlier in the myth? If Laius had not lost his temper in his chariot, it could have all been avoided.

This myth later formed the basis of a Freudian psychoanalysis know as the Oedipus Complex. More about that later.
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
sexysusan



Joined: 06 Mar 2012
Posts: 14

PostPosted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've nearly done the same a few times. Maybe next time I'm in kzn I should, who knows, I could be the new queen there!
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic   Reply to topic    The Dating Forum Forum Index -> General discussion All times are GMT + 2 Hours
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum


Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group