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The Meaning of "Tyrannus" in Oedipus Tyrannus
- Philosophy and Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 42, Number 2, October 2018
- pp. 416-419
- 10.1353/phl.2018.0028
- Article
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Abstract
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.
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