Laius, the king of Thebes, received a terrible prophecy from the oracle. He ordered that his infant son be abandoned on a mountain to die. However, the child was given to a shepherd by a servant. Years later, after Laius's death, the man Oedipus unknowingly fulfilled the prophecy by killing his father and marrying his mother Jocasta. Sigmund Freud would later name this concept the Oedipus complex.

1. HOMEWORK
• Due: Thurs 11th
• Watch the videoclip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXyek9D
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2. My name is
Sigmund Freud.
Can you
explain the
connection
between these
images?!
What are
they all
about?
How are they
linked to our
topic today??

3. ... and this is what I will call
Oedipus Complex

4. LAIUS,
king of
Thebes,
married to
queen
JOCASTA
The oracle
Argh!
What are
we going
to do
now??

5. Match up sentences to pictures
•Laius, rex Thebarum, oraculum
dirum accepit.
•Homo ebrius Oedipo dixit: “tu
nothus es!”
•Oedipus oraculum dirum accepit.
•Iocasta uxor puerum peperit.
•Servus infantem pastori dedit.
•Rex imperavit ut infans in monte
exponeretur.
Patrem
tuum
necabis!
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EXTRA:
Translate the sentences into En!
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6. 1. Write down one
thing you’ve learnt
today!
2. Tell your
partner!