In the beginning of the play, Oedipus’s brother-in-law Creon was sent to visit the Gods. There was a terrible pestilence in the city after the previous king’s death, and Creon was supposed to find out how the city could rid itself of it. When Creon returned, he bore the message,

“The man is dead; and now, we are clearly

To bring to account certain his murderers (pg. 6).”

If you believe in God, you could say that this quote definitely proves that the truth about the king’s death should have been known if it was God’s will. This is how the Gre

“Me miserable! It seems I have but

Oedipus blamed the people whom he once thought to be his parents for what happened to him, saying,

If Oedipus had known the truth about whom his real parents were, he never would have cursed himself.

Proffered myself to a tremendous curse

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