Oedipus welcomes Tiresias to Thebes, yet Tiresias regrets coming. After Oedipus begs Tiresias to tell him, Tiresias says that Oedipus is the wound of the city, and that he is causing the plague. Oedipus gets mad,and says that Tiresias must be plotting with Creon. Oedipus also accuses Creon with treason, but Creon tries to stand up for himself. Jocasta (Oedipus’s wife/ the queen/ Creon’s sister), stands up for Creon, but Oedipus banishes Creon from Thebes, therefore he leaves. Oedipus then complains about Creon to Jocasta, and worries that what the seer said is true. Jocasta tries to calm him down, by saying the prophecy could be false. Oedipus asks Jocasta exactly what happened when Lauis died, and she tells Oedipus all she knows. Oedipus then proceeds to tell Jocasta about a prophecy he heard from long ago, about how he will kill his father, and marry his mother. He also tells her about how he killed men at a crossroad, and how it could have been Lauis, since he sounded familiar. Jocasta then tells Oedipus that when Lauis was killed, a Shepard was
Oedipus welcomes Tiresias to Thebes, yet Tiresias regrets coming. After Oedipus begs Tiresias to tell him, Tiresias says that Oedipus is the wound of the city, and that he is causing the plague. Oedipus gets mad,and says that Tiresias must be plotting with Creon. Oedipus also accuses Creon with treason, but Creon tries to stand up for himself. Jocasta (Oedipus’s wife/ the queen/ Creon’s sister), stands up for Creon, but Oedipus banishes Creon from Thebes, therefore he leaves. Oedipus then complains about Creon to Jocasta, and worries that what the seer said is true. Jocasta tries to calm him down, by saying the prophecy could be false. Oedipus asks Jocasta exactly what happened when Lauis died, and she tells Oedipus all she knows. Oedipus then proceeds to tell Jocasta about a prophecy he heard from long ago, about how he will kill his father, and marry his mother. He also tells her about how he killed men at a crossroad, and how it could have been Lauis, since he sounded familiar. Jocasta then tells Oedipus that when Lauis was killed, a Shepard was