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Knowing Thyself: the Greek Myth of Oedipus

from Myth Matters Podcast Season 1 by Dr. Catherine Svehla

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An ancient Greek myth that addresses a contemporary concern: how do you come to know yourself, and do you really want to?

How do you come to know yourself? What does this mean and how is this task accomplished? Most importantly, do you really want to know?

The quest for self-knowledge lies at the heart of human experience and it is a quest surrounded by questions. Some of them are addressed in one of most famous Greek myths, the myth of Oedipus, immortalized in a trilogy of plays by Sophocles from the 5th century BCE.

In this podcast I tell the story of Oedipus and reflect on the connection between this story, the contemporary quest for self-knowledge and authenticity, and the patron deity of Greek tragedy and theater, the god Dionysus.

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from Myth Matters Podcast Season 1, released June 1, 2019

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Dr. Catherine Svehla Fort Collins, Colorado

Storyteller, scholar, artist, & desert activist with a PhD in mythology & depth psychology.

Myths & stories contain the wisdom of the human race. I want to know how we can keep the mystery in life alive? How can myths connect us to a larger sphere of being & meaning?

Many of these tracks are Myth in the Mojave programs that first aired online on Radio Free Joshua Tree.

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