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Efimia D. Karakantza, Who Am I? (Mis)Identity and the Polis in Oedipus Tyrannus
Acknowledgements
Note on Translations and Editions of Oedipus Tyrannus
Part 1. Prologue: How It All Began
1. Sophocles’ Hypsipolis – Apolis Antithesis, and Castoriadis’s Imaginary Institution of Classical Athens Part 2. Theoretical Considerations
2. Defining the Polis 3. The Self in the Polis Part 3. Close Reading Of Oedipus Tyrannus
4. Who Am I? A Tragedy of Identity 5. I am Oedipus: Reframing the Question of Identity Appendix 1. Cornelius Castoriadis Appendix 2. Cleisthenes Appendix 3. The Heroic Self Bibliography
Note on Translations and Editions of Oedipus Tyrannus
I quote Lloyd-Jones’ translation of Oedipus Tyrannus used throughout, unless otherwise indicated. The edition of the original text is by Lloyd-Jones & Wilson (1990), for I had nearly completed my book when the edition/commentary by Finglass (2018) appeared. However, I adopt the newer edition in places where I disagree with Lloyd-Jones & Wilson, changing the translation accordingly.