Oedipus the King: Expansion of Human Consciousness about the story, in particular Freud's application to human psychology and my own spiritual view of it (partly derived from the popular TV show "The Gospel at Colonus"). As my preconceptions faded, several dramatic ways in which this extraordinary drama departs from the beginning The Akkadian Cosmogony, “Enuma Elish,” and Hesiod’s “Theogony” became apparent. These crucial stories clearly illustrate the differences between the people of Babylon, Ancient Greece, and Classical Greece, particularly in their relationships with their deities. In earlier writings, the gods are the only actors in history? they are clearly central to the lives of the Akkadians and early Greeks. Oedipus the King, on the other hand, presents human beings as the central characters – the most interesting players. While Sophocles...

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