Oedipus :: Greek Gods

Oedipus, the ruler of Thebes, approaches a group of unhappy citizens, represented by a priest, and asks them what is wrong. They answer that the city is dying and that they are sick and poor. Oedipus sympathizes and tells them that, as their ruler, he is also troubled by the sickness of the city, and has already taken move to see that something be done about it. The first step he has taken was to send Creon to Apollos shrine to see what the god recom custodyds they do. As Creon appears, he tells them that the god, Apollo, said that there is bad blood in Thebes, and that until this blood is expelled Thebes provide be a sick city. This bad blood is the blood of the somebody who extinguished Laios. When Oedipus asks why the case was non investigated, as he had not be intimate to Thebes at that point, the people answer that they were too busy trying to sack the Sphinxs riddle. Oedipus says that no matter what the cost is, he will get to the imbue of it, both because it harms Theb es, and because Laios was noble and loyal. The elders say that they do not have all knowledge of the murder, and suggest that Oedipus call Tiresias, a blind prophet, to help and pop the question him. Oedipus says that he has already done this, and Tiresias arrives promptly. Although reluctant to speak, Oedipus forces Tiresias to reveal what he knows. Tiresias says that Oedipus is Thebes befoulment and that he killed his father and sleeps with his mother, and that this is the truth. Oedipus accuses Tiresias of lying on Creons behalf so that Creon can kill Oedipus and take over the position of ruler of Thebes.Creon enters and says that Oedipus is not making some(prenominal) sense-of course he did not collaborate with Tiresias, because he also owns a third of Thebes but chooses not to rule it, leaving Thebes to Oedipus, which shows that he is not interested in ruling at all. Iokaste enters and stops the two men from arguing. When Creon leaves, she asks Oedipus what happened and he explains the whole story to her. She tells him not to believe the words of the oracle, as an oracle once predicted that her son would kill his father and share her bed, and this has never happened. She bore a son with Laios, but Laios had the feet of the nestling bound and had the child tossed in the wilderness.