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grbs-4351	Lewis, R. G.	The Procedural Basis of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus	1989	26	.pdf	application/pdf	12235	528	67	Rather, we should expect to find the essential basis of his exposition in a single process identifiable in Attic law; and if the poet needed to modify or amplify it with any other, the t Exponents of the theme (cited hereafter by authors' names) include B. M. W. KNOX, Oedipus at Thebes (New Haven 1957) 78ff, and G. GREIFFENHAGEN, Der Prozess des Oedipus, Hermes 94 (1966) 147--76 (further literature at 148f); cf R. D. D AWE, Sophocles Oedipus Tyrannus (Cambridge 1982) esp. LEWIS, R. G., The Procedural Basis of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus , Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies, 30:1 (1989) p.41 R. G. LEWIS 49 evidence that, like Oedipus, either made a public appeal for testi­ mony or laid a curse on those who knew something but failed to reveal it.25 In Attic law, if summoned they could probably be compelled to testify, even if their evidence was self-incrim­ inating; but neither prosecutor nor archon would, like Oedipus, offer immunity from punishment in respect of such evidence,26 nor would it normally in a murder trial be available.	cache/grbs-4351.pdf	txt/grbs-4351.txt