Oedipus Rex

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August 3, 2014

 

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They are carrying branches that have been covered with wool, a customary gift for the gods. The ancient Greeks believed the gods could be persuaded to assist with a cause through gifts and prayer. They also thought epidemics and disasters to be caused directly by displeased divine forces. One priest says, "A God that carries fire, a deadly pestilence, is on our town, strikes us and spares not...
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One priest says, "A God that carries fire, a deadly pestilence, is on our town, strikes us and spares not." In lines 168 ? 215, the chorus describes, in great detail, the suffering of the people. They plead for relief. They say such things as, "From these our sufferings grant us, O golden Daughter of Zeus? grant that [the savage God who burns us] turn in racing course backwards out of our country's bounds? smite the War God, Father Zeus? for the God that is our enemy is a God unhonoured among the Gods...
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