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Abstract

This hermeneutic study reconsiders the 艗dipus complex in relation to the extended 艗dipus myth, which contains homoerotic themes that Sophocles did not include in the Greek tragedy that inspired Freud. Another aim of this study is to understand and reaffirm male homoeros from a depth psychological perspective, which entails an examination of male homoeros in ancient Greek culture and myth. Freud鈥檚 revolutionary theories of sexuality are explored, particularly regarding male homosexuality and the 艗dipus complex, followed by an examination of how later psychoanalytic theorists constructed the pathological male homosexual in reaction to Freud鈥檚 艗dipal theory. The study then explicates the extended 艗dipus myth, emphasizing La茂us鈥檚 abduction of Chrysippus, and proposes that the extended 艗dipus myth might allow for a new conceptualization of the 艗dipus complex that affirms same-sex erotic orientations as natural variations of human sexuality. Finally, archetypal psychology is utilized to amplify themes found in the extended 艗dipus myth, in order to demonstrate how they might serve as metaphors in working psychotherapeutically with men of all sexual orientations.