ABSTRACT
Sigmund Freud took the legend of Oedipus, and that of Electra, to illustrate the psychology of male and female development around the time when the child becomes aware of a third person in his or her life. The myth goes on to tell of Oedipus’s survival. When Oedipus reached maturity, one night he attended a party given by King Polybus and a drunken guest called him a bastard. Although Clytemnestra was adulterous and a murderess, there was no specific curse upon her as there was with Oedipus’s father. Although Clytemnestra was adulterous and a murderess, there was no specific curse upon her as there was with Oedipus’s father. When the deed was finally committed, Agamemnon’s son, Orestes, and his daughter, Electra, were housed in other royal palaces, Electra in Athens and Orestes on Mount Parnassus, befriended by King Strophius and his son Pylades.
