Antigone and the Odyssey. Oedipus the King and Antigone, part of a

three part series, was composed by Sophocles and performed on the

stage during a three day festival. While Odyssey was story written

down by Homer and was one of the first recorded epicsthat was and is

still being read today. The following shall be a comparison between

these three great epics in terms of their similarities and their

In comparing Oedipus the King, Antigone and Odyssey, there is

a similarity between all three of them in terms of the main

characters' leadership in response to to situations. In Oedipus the

King, the main character that displays leadership in response to a

situation is Oedipus. In this epic, Oedipus's leadership is greatly

noted, especially in the beginning and into the middle. His

leadership is greatly recognizable when he takes charge when the

Chorus and the Priest ask for his help because of a plague in Thebes.

As a result Oedipus says, "In all my search, I have found helpful

course, and that I have taken: I have sent Creon, Son of Menoikeus,

brother of the Queen, to Delphi, Apollo's place of revelati

are especially noted in the Chorus. In one such example, the Chorus

He shall have his reward from me. However, if he does conceal it; if

terms of the limited action of the gods and goddesses. Such

Cyclops drunk with wine so much that Cyclops collapsed from

and the birds and the scavenging dogs can do with him whatever they

men are trapped in the Cyclops's cave and are at the mercy of the

tales ever told, and well though diviner works, he works in his own

murderer to be foreign, let him not keep silent:

they were presented in the epics. Perhaps the reason why these great

Odyssey, which has a greater role for it's gods and goddesses.

justifiable since any good leader would do the same to prevent another

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great eye socket while blood ran out around the red hot bar. Eyelid

he may leave the land in safety. Moreover: If anyone knows the

intoxication. Then with the wooden stake he and his men "bored that

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