Antistrophe
First I call on you, Athene, deathless daughter of Zeus,
and Artemis, Earth Upholder,
190 who sits in the midst of the market place in the throne
which men call Fame,
and Phoebus, the Far Shooter, three averters of Fate,
come to us now, if ever before, when ruin rushed upon the
state,
you drove destruction’s flame away out
of our land.
In this passage, line 188; Antistrophe is praying to three gods: he calls upon Athene, the immortal daughter of Zeus and Artemis, her sister Earth Upholder. Who keeps her famous throne in the market ring, asking the Gods to descend, for protection against death. In a time of grief and darkness, as in the old time you stepped up and saved the land. Come again and save us.
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That’s why he made a call to the gods you just mentioned, to protect them from death. The choir enters and summons the gods Apollo, Athena, and Artemis to save Thebes. Oedipus asks why the Thebes didn’t try to find the killer, and Creon reminds him that the Thebes were more concerned about the curse of the Sphinx at the time. Hearing this, Oedipus decides to solve the mystery of Laius’ murder. It has not been heard from Creon about Raus’ murder. It bemoans the state of Thebes and ends by mentioning Dionysus, whose mother was Thebes. Oedipus returns to tell the choir that he himself will end the plague.
Hi Shameza Allihussain on this week’s discussion board week 6 about the story Odipus the King Sophocles by David Grene I liked how used the line antistrophe is praying to three gods: he calls upon Athene, the immortal daughter of Zeus and Artemis, her sister each upholder and who keeps her famous throne in the market ring, asking the gods to descend, for protection against death. I also liked the first chorus you used because in that line it showed that it drove destruction off their land.