A Research On The Hero Legend Of Oedipus

Oedipus is translated as "a man with swollen feet".He is a figure in ancient Greek the legend of heroes.Most of the legends about Oedipus come from Sophocles' tragedy,which tells the story of Oedipus who was imprisoned without knowing the truth,his father married his mother,stabbed himself in the eyes and was exiled and wandering.With the development of archaeology,the legend of heroes can reflect the political life,religious concepts,social customs and the important influence of ancient eastern civilization on ancient Greek civilization.This paper consists of introduction,body and conclusion.The main contents are as follows:The first chapter mainly introduces the origin of the legend of Oedipus heroes,and analyzes the relationship between myth,epic and history in ancient Greece.Then trace the origin of Oedipus,explore the influence of the Near Eastern civilization on Oedipus legend,and explore why Oedipus was through an evolutionary process of Oedipus early image in ancient Greece.Seen as a hero by the ancient Greeks,what relationship did it have with ancient Greek society.The second chapter mainly analyzes the drama "The King of Oedipus" created by the Sophocles in the classical period,and through the latest research on historical materials and related scholars,it analyzes the plague in the legend of Oedipus and the time The link between history.From the perspective of Oedipus' s exile,combined with the history of the development of the ancient Greek democratic political system,this paper analyzes the process from the sovereign system to the determination of the democratic system.Then combining the social and cultural history,the ancient religious rituals behind the tragedy itself are analyzed: the scapegoat ritual and the throne inheritance ritual.The third chapter mainly analyzes the role and influence of Oedipus.From the perspective of the democratic system,the legend of Oedipus has played an important role in the formation of the ancient Greek concept of democracy,and has a great impact on the law of sherd exile.Significance from.From a philosophical point of view,the legend of Oedipus reflects the awakening of human consciousness in the ancient Greek period,and is also a rational thinking about whether people can save themselves.From a psychological perspective,the Oedipus complex is used in psychoanalysis,and research and controversy about the Oedipus complex has become a focus of future psychologists.The legend of ancient Greek heroes is an inexhaustible treasure-house of ideology and culture,with extremely deep historical and cultural connotations,and the legend of Oedipus heroes is the most famous.With further research in the academic community,we will discover very historical and cultural information from it.For Oedipus' s hero legend,through archaeological methods,after excluding its non-historical myths and folk tales,digging out its true historical events is our key to Greece.