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Suddenly it occurs to him: Œdipus was a passionate fellow, lacking all Christian gentleness  he even fell into an unbecoming rage when Tiresias called him a monster and the curse of the whole country. SUDDENLY IT OCCURS TO HIM OEDIPUS WAS A PASSIONATE FELLOW LACKING ALL CHRISTIAN GENTLENESS HE EVEN FELL INTO AN UNBECOMING RAGE WHEN TERRESTIUS CALLED HIM A MONSTER AND THE CURSE OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY
f a policeman into every contradiction, even into the shadow of every contradiction, of which Homer was guilty: he fritters away his life in tearing Homeric rags to tatters and sewing them together again, rags that he himself was the first to filch from the poet's kingly robe. A third feels ill at ease when examining all the mysterious and orgiastic sides of antiquity: he makes up his mind once and for all to let the enlightened Apollo alone pass without dispute, and to see in the Athenian a gay and intelligent but nevertheless somewhat immoral Apollonian. What a deep breath he draws when he succeeds in raising yet another dark corner of antiquity to the level of his own intelligence!--when, for example, he discovers in Pythagoras a colleague who is as enthusiastic as himself in arguing about politics. Another racks his brains as to why Œdipus was condemned by fate to perform such abominable deeds--killing his father, marrying his mother. Where lies the blame! Where the poetic justice! SUSPICIOUS EYE OF THE POLICEMAN INTO EVERY CONTRADICTION EVEN INTO THE SHADOW OF EVERY CONTRADICTION OF WHICH HOMER WAS GUILTY HE FRITTERS AWAY HIS LIFE IN TEARING HOMERIC RAGS TO TATTERS AND SEWING THEM TOGETHER AGAIN RAGS THAT HE HIMSELF WAS THE FIRST TO FILCH FROM THE POET'S KINGLY ROBE A THIRD FEELS ILL AT EASE WHEN EXAMINING ALL THE MYSTERIOUS AND ORGIASTIC SIDES OF ANTIQUITY HE MAKES UP HIS MIND ONCE AND FOR ALL TO LET THE ENLIGHTENED APOLLO ALONE PASS WITHOUT DISPUTE AND TO SEE IN THE ATHENIAN A GAY AND INTELLIGENT BUT NEVERTHELESS SOMEWHAT IMMORAL EPILONIAN WHAT A DEEP BREATH HE DRAWS WHEN HE SUCCEEDS IN RAISING YET ANOTHER DARK CORNER OF ANTIQUITY TO THE LEVEL OF HIS OWN INTELLIGENCE WHEN FOR EXAMPLE HE DISCOVERS IN PYTHAGORAS A COLLEAGUE WHO IS AS ENTHUSIASTIC AS HIMSELF IN ARGUING ABOUT POLITICS ANOTHER RACKS HIS BRAINS AS TO WHY OEDIPUS WAS CONDEMNED BY FATE TO PERFORM SUCH ABOMINABLE DEEDS KILLING HIS FATHER MARRYING HIS MOTHER WHERE LIES THE BLAME WHERE THE POETIC JUSTICE
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