Oedipus the king by sophocles5/13/2023 ![]() However, he ultimately discovered that the culprit he was seeking was none other than he himself. Oedipus resolved to get to the bottom of this mystery and punish the wrongdoer. ![]() As city was afflicted with famine, so Delphic oracles were consulted who disclosed that troubles of the city arose from the fact that it is harboring an unclean person, the murderer of late king Laius. Here the tragedy of Oedipus takes its final course. So he assumed the power and married the widowed queen. He solved her riddle and citizens of Thebes offered him the kingdom as city is afflicted with the loss of their king, who had been murdered while on a pilgrimage. ![]() The city of Thebes was then suffering terribly because of the monster, the Sphinx. ![]() Oedipus the King relates the story of Oedipus who reached Thebes, having killed on the way an old man with whom he picked a quarrel. The other two plays of this group are Antigone and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus the King is one of the group of three plays by Sophocles known as the Theban plays since they all relate to the destinies of the Theban family of the Oedipus and his children. ![]()
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