Oedious

the palace of their king, Oedipus, asking him to take action. 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 murderer of Laius, former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled; the murderer is within the city. Oedipus sends for Tiresias, the blind prophet, and asks him what he knows about the murder. Oedipus curses and insults the old man, going so far as to accuse him of the murder. These taunts provoke Tiresias into revealing that Oedipus himself is the murderer. Then, before leaving the stage, Tiresias puts forth one last riddle, saying that the murderer of Laius will turn out to be both father and brother to his own children, and the son of his own wife. ||
 * [[image:oedipus_on_the_steps_of_the_palace.jpg width="347" height="324"]] || A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens gather outside
 * [[file:Oedipus the King.pptx]] ||  ||