Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is traditionally interpreted as a play about the gods' relation to human agency. But this understanding of the text is deficient and misses the point. Instead, and as I argue, the play is what happens when man abdicates reason in favor of blind piety.
from Forbes Real Time //www.forbes.com/sites/davidbahr1/2017/08/31/its-elementary-my-dear-oedipus-sophocles-oedipus-rex/
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