Oedipus in Sanskrit?
Stephen Hodge
s.hodge at PADMACHOLING.FREESERVE.CO.UK
Tue Feb 8 02:30:57 UTC 2000
George Thompson wrote:
> I myself have not been able to find Vedic tales that combine the
significant
> elements of the Greek Oedipus myth. And so, like JS, I am inclined
to think
> that the Indic parallels to it may not be genetically related [i.e.,
> inherited.
I wonder if you know that some scholars link the Oedipus myth with
Egypt -- specifically Akhenaten and his family as well as the Thebes
and Sphinx motifs.
Best wishes,
Stephen Hodge
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