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Oedipus: Man
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As he was approaching the crossroad between Delphi, Thebes and Corinth, distraught and deep in thought, Oedipus came upon an old man in a chariot, escorted by a few attendants. It was a narrow passage between two rocks and hard to navigate safely. The crabby old man in the chariot shouted: "Get lost! Go away! Get off this road!", striking Oedipus with his long scepter. Adding further injury, the rude, regal old man ran over the young man's sore foot with his chariot wheel.
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Oedipus’ problem bears a relation to that of Pentheus, in The Bacchantes, who saw only half of Thebes. Oedipus sees only half of his own life. Dionysus was the twice-born god, Oedipus the twice-born man. Oedipus can see without but not within, his second world. Teiresias tells Oedipus (page 28, line 413/4) “You have your eyes but see not where you are in sin, nor where you live, nor whom you live with.” Similarly in Euripides’ The Bacchantes (page 10), when Pentheus says, “Of a truth I seem to see two suns, and two towns of Thebes…”), Dionysus responds, “…now thine eyes behold the things they should.” Clearly Oedipus is working within the realm of Dionysus.
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Popular culture often portrays Freud as overly focused on sexual influences and his theory of the Oedipus Complex is often considered untenable. However, there have been many critiques of the Oedipus complex among the psychoanalysts and philosophers who acquaint themselves with the work of Freud.
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