For such a hero who has done countless good things for the people and the country, the author doubts the justice of God, accuses the injustice and cruelty of fate, and praises the hero's strong will and heroic behavior in the struggle against fate. Therefore, although the outcome is tragic, this spirit of knowing that the "divine revelation" cannot be violated is an affirmation of the spirit of individual autonomy and an embodiment of the advanced democratic thought of the slave owners in Athens.
King Oedipus is based on ancient Greek legends. Legend has it that after Oedipus was born, his biological father, King Raios of Thebes, learned from the Oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother when he grew up, so he put a wire on his heel and asked his servant to throw the baby into the wild. The servant felt sorry for the innocent child and gave him to a shepherd in Corinth. King Collins adopted him because he had no son. As an adult, when Oedipus learned from God that he was destined to kill his father and marry his mother, he fled Corinth to avoid God's bad luck, because he thought the king and queen of Corinth were his biological parents. But Oedipus never imagined that it was this deliberate avoidance that accelerated the pace of his life tragedy. He left his adoptive parents and went to Tupperware. On the way to escape, Oedipus was insulted by a group of passers-by In a rage, he killed four people, including his biological father, Raios, the elderly king of Thebes.
Soon after, Oedipus, with his extraordinary wisdom, got rid of the banshee Sphinx, who hurt the people of Thebes, and was acclaimed as king by the people of Thebes. She married the queen of the former king, his biological mother, and had two children with her. Oedipus thus became a sinner who killed his father and married his mother, but he knew nothing about it. In order to quell the epidemic plague in Thebes, Oedipus, according to God's instructions, searched for the murderer who killed the former king Laos, and found that the murderer he was looking for was himself, and the fate of killing his father and marrying his mother came to him. Oedipus' mother Iokaster committed suicide in grief to wash away her sins. Oedipus blinded his eyes in mixed feelings, then exiled himself, left the city of Tebai with his two daughters and wandered around to punish his heinous crimes. To confess.
Sophocles lived from 496 BC to 406 BC, when democracy in Athens was at its peak. According to records, Sophocles not only made great achievements in drama, but also shined brilliantly in political and religious affairs. On the one hand, Sophocles himself supported Athenian democracy, demanded the supremacy of polis interests and emphasized the spirit of individual independence; On the other hand, his religious concept is conservative, and he advocates maintaining the existing prophet system and Oracle system. These two points are shown in the drama King Oedipus. The creation background of King Oedipus influenced the formation of the tragedy itself. At that time, Athens began to persecute intellectuals, such as Socrates, who died of persecution. The industrial and commercial economy is booming, individual free will is derived, and enlightening ideas are emerging. With the development of astronomy, the prediction system is questioned, and the myth and even the existence of gods are also questioned. In 429-427 BC, Athens experienced two plagues (the plague in the play was based on this), which encouraged the suspicion and cynicism of the citizens and hoped for a miracle of treatment. Sophocles reinterpreted the story of Oedipus, established the authority of the gods, restored the prestige of religious institutions, maintained the existing prophet system and Oracle system, and opposed the early enlightenment thought. King Oedipus is based on the story of Oedipus killing his father and marrying his mother in Greek legend.