Abstract:What meaning did Sophocles intend when he titled his work Oedipus Tyrannus? Did he mean Oedipus the King, as most translators would have it, or Oedipus the Tyrant, in the sense of despot? In this essay I argue that, while we cannot know with certainty what Sophocles had in mind, a case can be made that both king and tyrant were intended, and that the title is multifaceted.

中文翻译：

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俄狄浦斯《霸王》中“霸王”的含义

摘要：索福克勒斯给自己的作品《俄狄浦斯·泰拉努斯》取名的意图是什么？他是指俄狄浦斯王（大多数译者都这么认为）还是暴君俄狄浦斯（Oedipus the Tyrant）？在这篇文章中，我认为，虽然我们无法确定索福克勒斯的想法是什么，但可以提出一个案例，即国王和暴君都是有意为之，而且这个头衔是多方面的。