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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