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The Legacy of Laius

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Some 2500 years ago, Sophocles, Aeschylus, and even Homer as far back as the 7th or 8th century B.C.E., explored the tragedy known as the Oedipus Cycle. In 467 BCE, Aeschylus won first prize at the City Dionysia with a trilogy about the House of Laius, comprising Laius, Oedipus and Seven against Thebes, the only play which survives.

The poetic-drama, The Legacy of Laius, based on the ancient, original tale, basically obliterates Freud's Oedipus complex theories as the real impetus for the c...