Re: Oedipus

From: Arnaud Fournet
Message: 60294
Date: 2008-09-24

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From: "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@...>
To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>


> ============
>>
>> What is the reason you reject the traditional analysis of
>> Oidipo(u)s as being "swollen foot" (or swollen penis) ?
>
> Because Oidipus' mother, Iocaste, was a decent woman who wouldn't have
> given her son a name like that. But on the other hand ... Hm.
> Is there something you want to tell us, Arnauld?
> Torsten
>
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NB : Arnaud without -l-

What makes you think that this name was given by his mother ?
Do you have a register with her signature ?

These names are attested centuries after the actual person died.
I would rather think they are nicknames.

Arnaud