DOI
https://doi.org/10.52284/NECJ.46.2.article.fosso
Publication Date
11-21-2019
Abstract
At OT 795 Oedipus’ recollection of measuring his fugitive course by the stars presents a double crux, concerning both the textual tradition’s dueling terms for that measurement and scholars’ related, opposed renderings of the phrase as literal or figurative. I argue Oedipus’ words can be taken literally to signify the techne of ancient celestial navigation, a metric of human knowhow versus the forces of fate and the divine.
First Page
4
Last Page
18
Recommended Citation
Fosso, Kurt
(2019)
"Oedipus and the Stars,"
New England Classical Journal: Vol. 46
:
Iss.
2
, 4-18.
https://doi.org/10.52284/NECJ.46.2.article.fosso
Keywords
Oedipus, Oedipus Tyrannus, Celestial, Celestial Navigation, Astronomy, Sophocles, techne, reason