“O my friend, my kind friend,/ Are you still there for me, then,/ Reaching out from your steady hold/ To touch my disfigured heart?/ Faithful to the end/ Now I am blind,/ Attending me patiently,/ Still the necessary witness./ You’re there, I know. That familiar voice/ Comes through all my darkness./ It’s you, my friend” (Sophocles 1441-1450). The Chorus in Oedipus Rex consists of Theban elders. In Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, the Chorus effectively fulfills its function as impartial advisors by giving logical and discreet advice to main characters such as Oedipus, without the hindrance of emotion. An early example of this occurs when Oedipus begins his obsession with finding Laius’ killer. “My king, you aren’t the only king in Thebes./ Teiresias
