The rise of the Greek-city state or Polis. The city of Thebes and the tragedy of Oedipus. Previews of Greek military, political and philosophical
This Episode’s Sources:
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, Donald Kagan (Yale lectures), Wikipedia
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