Oedipos hermeneut – the poetic-ontological dimension of the tragedy

This work intends to dialogue with questions of Oedipus, the mythical character, brought about by Sophocles tragic drama. In his reflective journey in search of his being, especially in the play Oedipus Rex, Oedipus investigates its own path to death. We propose reflect the death as a condition of possibility for the emergence of Oedipus as from his own ruins. Thus, our assumption is that the uncovering Oedipus' truth culminate at the end of the play, with the death of one of his personas, one of the selves of character. The issue of the interpretation therefore is crucial, and it leads to the title of this work. Therefore Oedipus is a hermeneut in the extent that he interprets the enigma that structures his own mythical history.