Index

Adams, S. M., 49, 65, 67, 70, 75, 83 Aeschylus, 2, 152

Ahrensdorf, PeterJ., 167

Annas, Julia, 151

Antigone (see also Sophocles)

Antigone

and Creon, 90-3,96, 97-8, 115, 120-6, 146-7

and divine law, 101-2,

120-1, 126-7, 128-32, 134, 131

and Haemon, 91, 113,

133- 4

Hegel on, 107, 115

and her family, 86-7, 96-7,

110- 12, 122-6, 127-33 heroism of, 90-3, 98-9, 101,

104, 149

and Ismene, 98—100, 105-10, 112-13

piety of, 85-7, 100-1, 104-5, 108-10, 120-2, 128, 134 and Sophocles, 150

and Thebes, 121, 126 understanding of justice, 96-7,

111- 12, 120-32

burial of the dead, 101-4, 146-7 Creon

and the chorus, 114

and divine law, 114, 115-16, 120, 134-6, 146-7

Goethe on, 88

and Haemon, 125, 135-46

Hegel on, 115

and his family, 114, 135-8, 140-6

piety of, 87-8, 122, 144-8 and Teiresias, 89, 145-7 and Thebes, 87-8, 116-20, 136-41

understanding of justice, 115-20, 122-4, 134-46

Daring Ifolma), 93-6, 104

Eros, 95, 97, 113, 133, 143-4

gods in, 85-90

Goethe on lines 904—920, 131 Ismene

and Antigone (see Antigone and Ismene)

and Socrates, 106, 113 second choral ode (on man), 93-⁶

Heidegger on, 93, 95 anti-rationalism (see also Piety) of Oedipus, in Oedipus at Colonus, 54-5^, 5⁶-7^{, 68}-9^, 7²-3^, 82-3

anti-rationalism (cont.)

of Sophocles, according to Nietzsche, 1-6, 14, 82-3

Anzieu, Didier, 97

Aristophanes, 62

Aristotle, 7, 8, 153, 170, 177 INkomachean Ethics, 64, 165, 174 Poetics, 48, 169

on error (hamartia), 174—6, 177

on purgation (catharsis) of pity and fear, 169, 170—4, ¹7^6-7

on tragedy and philosophy, 168-78

on tragedy and piety, 171 Politics, 173

Rhetoric, 66, 71, 131, 139, 171 Nietzsche on, 155

Beer, Josh, 49, 54, 77, 83 Benardete, Seth, 5, 10, 12, 18, 22, 39,

89, 98, 100, 109, 125

Bible

Exodus, 62

I Samuel, 104

blindness of Oedipus, 50—5

Bloom, Allan, 152

Bloom, Harold, 5, 25

Bolotin, David, 6, 160

Bowra, C.

burial of the dead, 101—4, 146—7

Calme, Claude, 54

Carter, D.

Catharsis (see Aristotle; purgation)

Dannhauser, WernerJ., 3

Daring (tolma), 93—6, 104

Davis, Michael, 170

Diodorus Siculus, 5, 54, 101

Diogenes Laertius, 171 divine law (see also gods; piety)

and Antigone, 101—2, 120—1,

126— 7, 128—32, 134

and Creon, 114, 115—16, 120,

134— 6, 146—7

Dodds, E. R., 6, 13, 34, 38, 45

Edmunds, Lowell, 51, 61 Ehrenberg, Victor, 6, 22, 88, 93

Enlightenment liberalism, 1, 83 eros, 95, 97, 113, 133, 143—4 error (hamartia), 174—6, 177 Euben, J. Peter, 6, 151

Euripides, 152

The Phoenecian Women, 11

Suppliants, 101, 102

family (see also incest and patricide) and Antigone (see also Antigone;

Antigone and Ismene) 86—7, 96—7, 110—12, 122—6,

127— 33

and Creon (see also Antigone; Creon and Haemon) 114—15,

135— 8, 140—6

and Oedipus (see also Oedipus the Tyrant; Oedipus and Jocasta) 13, 30—8, 39-42

Foley, Helene P., 131

Freud, Sigmund, 33

Fukuyama, Francis, 1

Fustel de Coulanges, Numa Denis, 101, 102

gods (see also divine law; piety; Teiresias)

in Antigone, 85—90

in Oedipus at Colonus, 48—58, 73,

79-8ι

in Oedipus the Tyrant, 14—18,

19^-23

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 115

on Antigone, lines 904—920, 131

on Creon, 88

Gould, Thomas, 6, 22

Grene, David, 49, 56, 61, 67, 68,

70, 79

Griffith, Mark, 74, 97, 143

Halliwell, Stephen, 151, 157, 161,

167, 170, 171, 172-3,

175, 177

Hamartia (see error)

Hegel, Georg, 88

on Antigone, 107, 115

on Creon, 115

Heidegger, Martin, 5

on Nietzsche and tragedy, 152, 156

on Oedipus, 25

on second choral ode (on man) in

Antigone, 93, 95

on tragedy, 155

heroism

of Antigone, 90-3, 98-9, 101,

104, 149

of Oedipus, 15

of Theseus, 82—3

Hesiod, 171

Homer, 171, 175

Iliad, 22, 37, 75, 90, 101, 102, 127, 157, 159, 172

Odyssey, 37, 127, 157, 160—1,

177

in Plato, 151, 152—3, 157—63,

168

incest and patricide

in Oedipus at Colonus, 58—9,

60—3, 66

in Oedipus the Tyrant, 9-10, 13—14, 21—2, 28, 30-43

Isocrates, 9

Jebb, Richard C., 42, 56, 61, 71,

77, 86—7, 93, 107—8, 125, 131

Johnson, P.

justice

Antigone’s understanding of, 96—7, 111—12, 120—32

Creon’s understanding of, 115—20, 122—4, 134—46

Kaufmann, Walter, 49, 73

Kitto, H. D. F., 13

Konstan, David, 173—4

Knox, Bernard, 5, 9, 18, 22, 49, 50, 54, 56, 82, 83, 86, 88, 91, 93, 97, 100, 106, 120, 131, 135, 136, 140, 142, 149

Lacan, Jacques, 97, 115, 146, 171

Lane, WarrenJ. and Ann M., 113

Lattimore, Richard, 6, 12, 16, 22 law (see divine law; tyranny of Oedipus)

Lear, Jonathan, 151, 169, 171, 176, 177

Locke, John, 1

Lord, Carnes, 171, 173, 175

Meier, Christian, 115, 136, 140

Mills, Sophie, 49, 67, 70, 75, 77, 79, 81, 82, 83 modern political rationalism, 1—2,

83-4

Mogyorodi, Emese, 113

Montaigne, Michel de, 101

Naddaff, RamonaA., 151, 157 Nietzsche, Friedrich, 3, 5, 7, 8, 156,

168, 172

on Aristotle, 155

on Oedipus, 3-4, 82-3

on Socrates, 2—3

on Sophocles' anti-rationalism, 1—6,

14, 82-3

on tragedy and philosophy, 1—3, 151^—2, 153^-7

Nussbaum, Martha, 14, 93, 95, 118-19, 120, 136, 142, 143,

151, 159, 164, 170, 171, 175, 176

O'Brien, Michael J., 45

ode on man (second choral ode) in

Antigone, 93—6

Heidegger on, 93, 95

Oedipus at Colonus (see also Sophocles) Creon and Thebes, 67, 75—6 gods in, 48—58, 73, 79—81 Oedipus

anger of, 66, 69—75, 82—3 anti-rationalism of, 54—5, 56—7,

68—9, 72—3, 82—3 blindness of Oedipus, 50—5 Nietzsche on, 3—4, 82—3 piety of, 53—8, 59—60, 64—5,

66—9, 71—3, 82—3

Sophocles and, 82—4 suffering of, 50—1, 60—1,

64—8

and Teiresias, 53—4

and Oedipus the Tyrant, 48—50 patricide and incest, 58—9,

60—3, 66

piety of Athenians, 79—80,

81—2

Theseus

heroism of, 82—3

political rationalism of, 75—7,

80—3

and Teiresias, 80

Oedipus the Tyrant (see also Sophocles) gods in, 14—18, 19—23 incest and patricide, 9—10,

13—14, 21—2, 28,

3^0—43

Oedipus

and his family, 13, 30—8,

39— 42

Heidegger on, 25

heroism of, 15

and Jocasta, 14, 24—5, 35—8,

40— 1

Nietzsche on, 3—4

piety of, 14—15, 19—25, 27, 32, 43—⁶

political rationalism of, 16—19, 45—^6, 52—3

Sophocles and, 45—7

and Teiresias, 16—17, 20—2,

²7—9^, 39^—4^0, 51—3

and Thebes, 10—12, 18, 23—4, ²5^—3^0, 34—5

tyranny of, 9—13, 15—19 and Oedipus at Colonus, 48—50 riddle of the Sphinx, 4—5, 15—16,

52—3, 54

Second Messenger, 42 Opstelten, J. C.

in Aristotle’s Poetics, 171

in Plato’s Republic, 160-2 of Antigone, 85-7, 100-1, 104-5, 108-10, 120-2, 128, 134 of Athenians, 79—80, 81-2 of Creon, 87-8, 122, 144-8 of Oedipus

in Oedipus at Colonus, 53-8, 59-60, 64-5, 66-9, 71-3, 82-3

in Oedipus the Tyrant, 14-15, 19-25, 27, 32, 43-6

Plato (see also Socrates), 151

Apology of Socrates, 102, 152, 153, 166

Cratylus, 151

Crito, 62

Laws, 10, 62, 64, 102

Meno, 64

Phaedo, 102, 165, 167

Republic, 10, 151, 152, 159, 164 on tragedy and philosophy, 152-3, 156-68 on tragedy and piety, 160-2

Symposium, 167

Nietzsche on, 153

Plutarch, 15, 75, 77 political rationalism (see also rationalism of Sophocles) modern, 1—2, 83-4 of Oedipus, 16-19, 45-6,

52-3

of Theseus, 75-7, 80-3

Protagoras, 175

purgation (catharsis) of pity and fear, 169, 170-4, 176-7

Racine, Jean, 6

rationalism of Sophocles, 6-8, 45-7, 77, 82-4, 148-50, 178

Rehm, Rush, 22

Reinhardt, Karl, 6, 17, 49, 61, 67, 68, 70, 74, 75, 76, 82, 83, 85, 91, 93, 131, 140

riddle of the Sphinx, 4—5, 15-16, 52-3, 54

Rocco, Christopher, 5, 6, 16, 22, 25,

45, 54

Rorty, Richard, 1

Ruderman, Richard S., 46, 71

Salkever, Stephen, 169-70

Saxonhouse, Arlene, 6, 7, 15, 33, 46, 96, 98, 104, 133, 143

Schwartz, Joel D., 5

Scodel, Ruth, 77, 83

Segal, Charles, 4, 5, 6, 22, 49, 50, 54, 56, 67, 68, 70, 81, 83, 88, 94-5, 96, 104, 109, 125, 143, 145, 147, 172

Shakespeare, William

Henry IV, Parts One and Two, 33 Tempest, 167

Silk, M. S., 3, 5

Slatkin, Laura, 59, 57, 75

Socrates (see also Plato) 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 102, 106, 113, 151-2, 153, 157, 160, 164, 170

and Ismene, 106, 113

and Sophocles, 1—4, 6—8, 178 Nietzsche on, 2—3

on tragedy and philosophy, 151-2, 156-68

Sophocles (see also Antigone; Oedipus at Colonus; Oedipus the Tyrant) Ajax, 20, 21, 55, 37, 101, 102 and Antigone, 150 and Oedipus, 45-7, 82-4 Philoctetes, 15, 21 rationalism of, 6—8, 45—7, 77, 82-4, 148—50, 178 and Second Messenger in Oedipus the

Tyrant, 42

and Socrates, 1—4, 6—8, 178

and Theseus, 77

Trachinian Women, 15, 62

Sphinx (see riddle of the Sphinx) Stern, J.

Strauss, Leo, 166 suffering of Oedipus, 50—1, 60—1,

64—8

Teiresias

and Creon, 89, 145—7

and Oedipus, 16—17, 20—2, 27—9, 39^-4^0, 51—4

and Theseus, 80

Tessitore, Aristide, 6

Thebes

and Creon

in Antigone, 87—8, 116—20,

136— 41

in Oedipus at Colonus, 67, 75—6 and Oedipus, 10—12, 18, 23—4, ²5^-3^0, 34—5

Thucydides, 4, 7, 9, 22, 66, 77, 63 Tocqueville, Alexis de, 1 tragedy and philosophy

in Aristotle’s Poetics, 168—78

in Plato’s Republic, 152—3, 156—68

Nietzsche on, 1-3, 151—2, 153—7

Socrates on, 151—2, 156—68 tragedy and piety (see piety and tragedy)

tyranny of Oedipus, 9—13, 15—19 Tyrrell, Wm. Blake, and Larry J.

Bennett, 87, 92, 108, 109, 115, 125, 131

Van Nortwick, Thomas, 16, 54

Vellacott, Philip, 12, 13, 21

Vernant, Jean-Pierre, 5, 6, 12, 33, 41, 54, 76, 88, 97, 142

Vidal-Naquet, Pierre, 5, 6, 12, 33, 41, 54, 76, 88, 97, 142

Waldcock, Arthur, 6, 14, 49, 83

Walker, HenryJ., 77, 79, 83

Whitman, Cedric, 6, 12, 22, 49,

53, 64, 67, 68, 70, 76,

77, 81, 83

Wilson, Joseph P., 5, 6, 13, 16, 49, 51, 56, 61, 68, 73, 74, 81, 82

Winnington-Ingram, R. P., 49, 50, 56, 57, 62, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 82, 87, 90, 98, 110, 115, 131

Wohl, Victoria, 10

Xenophanes, 171

Xenophon

Hellenica, 9, 101, 102

Hiero, 9

Memorabilia, 4

Symposium, 168

Zeitlin, Froma, 51, 81, 138

their king while the Sphinx threatened to destroy their city. But the fact that they neglected to investigate the regicide after the threat had passed suggests a certain indifference to his reign, as Oedipus himself may suggest at 133—6 and ²55—⁸∙

1^{1 2} Consequently I disagree with Slatkin’s claim that Oedipus simply argues to

the chorus that “It is up to the gods to judge whether he is pious or not’’ (1986, 216).

1^{1 2}1 therefore think that Nussbaum goes too far when she claims, without qualification, of the Republic: “Plato's argument, repeatedly, is that correct beliefs about what is and what is not important in human life remove our reasons for fear” (1986, 386). See also her claim that “for Socrates a good

person cannot be harmed” (1992, 268).