Teiresias is a blind prophet who may be able to answer who killed King Laius. Oedipus begs Teiresias to help reveal who the killer is and help lift the plague. A curse has taken a hold of Thebes.

Oedipus replies that he already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the Oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city. Creon returns with a message from the Oracle: the plague will end when the ...

Poor Oedipus leads a life doomed by the Gods. Abandoned to die by his father King Laius of Thebes, in order to thwart a prophecy, Oedipus is found by shepherds and raised by foster-parents ...

The rains will come and the people will be healed.’ It’s a cold case but, according to the Oracle, if the murderer of old King Laius is found and punished then all more ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus the King tragedy is one such case. Oedipus’ father, Laius, visits King Pelops, but he ends up committing a taboo. Doom is cast over him and his descendants. Laius becomes ...

By choosing to stay and consult the oracle, Oedipus puts himself and his family on a path to disaster. The answer to all of Thebes’ problems lies in finding the murderer of Laius, Oedipus’s ...

Teiresias tells Oedipus that Oedipus is the murderer he seeks. That Oedipus killed King Laius and the resulting plague is due to his trangressions. Oedipus does not believe Teiresias and feels ...