Thebaiden: Thebaiden er titlen på en af Senecas tragedier, som handler om Ødipus’ og Iocastes tanker og problemer umiddelbart efter, Ødipus har blændet sig selv og forladt kongebyen Theben. Han kæmper for at få lov til at dø, mens hun kæmper for at forsone sine sønner, som er ved at slå hinanden ihjel i kampen om kongemagten.
Ekstraspørgsmål:
Spørgsmål 1:
Se klippet og giv et kort resumé af myten om Ødipus.
Spørgsmål 2:
Jeg ser ikke Dagen, der er medvidende til min forbandelse,
10 men jeg ses. Slip nu den klæbende hånd
og tål at den blinde fod føres, hvor den vil.
Hvorfor ser Ødipus ikke dagen?
Spørgsmål 3:
Se videoen Tom Lehrer - Oedipus Rex
From the Bible to the popular song
There's one theme that we find right along
Of all ideals they hail as good
The most sublime is motherhood
There was a man though, who it seems
Once carried this ideal to extremes
He loved his mother and she loved him
And yet his story is rather grim
There once lived a man named Oedipus Rex
You may have heard about his odd complex
His name appears in Freud's index
'Cause he loved his mother
His rivals used to say quite a bit
That as a monarch he was most unfit
But still in all they had to admit
That he loved his mother
Yes, he loved his mother like no other
His daughter was his sister and his son was his brother
One thing on which you can depend is,
He sure knew who a boy's best friend is
When he found what he had done
He tore his eyes out, one by one
A tragic end to a loyal son
Who loved his mother
So be sweet and kind to mother
Now and then have a chat
Buy her candy or some flowers
Or a brand new hat
But maybe you had better let it go at that
Or you may find yourself with a quite complex complex
And you may end up like Oedipus
I'd rather marry a duck-billed platypus
Than end up like old Oedipus Rex
Hvad lægger Tom Lehrer vægt på i sin gengivelse af Ødipusmyten og hvorfor?
