The chorus is made up of a group of dancers and singers. The same individuals perform both dancing and singing roles. Usually, the chorus numbers a total of about 12-16 performers. Specifically, in the play 'Antigone', the chorus is identified further as being made up of elder Theban citizens.
Full of pestilential sickness, lamentation and death is the way in which the chorus describes Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the chorus describes Thebes in the parados, which is their first onstage appearance. The ode is sung just after Theban King Oedipus' opening interaction with the priest of Zeus and then with his brother-in-law and royal colleague Creon. The chorus makes a request that all gods except Ares the war god come to the aid of "glorious" Thebes.
The chorus is composed of 15 old free men who live in Thebes. This is the same in any ancient greek play.
the senators of thebes
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
The mood of the first chorus seems to be one of supplication and entreaty. The chorus wishes the pestilence that ravages Thebes to be ended. The members look to Theban King Oedipus as the problem solver.
Thebes Thebes
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
The mood of the first chorus seems to be one of supplication and entreaty. The chorus wishes the pestilence that ravages Thebes to be ended. The members look to Theban King Oedipus as the problem solver.
Thebes Thebes
Teiresias is the person whom the Chorus tells Oedipus to talk to in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus heads an investigation into the old, unsolved murder of King Laius, his royal predecessor. He is lost as to where to start looking for clues. The chorus suggests Teiresias the blind prophet, Thebes' wisest citizen and a walking library of past, present and future information about Thebes and Thebans.
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
A god and a nymph are the possible parents that the chorus suggests for Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus finds out that he is native to Thebes instead of to Corinth. He is in the process of finding out who are his biological parents instead of the Corinthian monarchs assumed to be his father and mother. In honor of Oedipus' reputation as the heroic savior and beloved ruler of Thebes, the chorus suggests that Oedipus well may be the son of Hermes the messenger or Dionysos the wine god.
Thebes is the home of Oedipus throughout most of the book although he was born in Cadmus.
Yes.
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It is for the unsolved murder of King Laius that Oedipus blames the chorus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus finds out that he can end the pestilence in Thebes only by identifying and punishing the guilty in King Laius' murder. He looks first to the chorus for clues and information. But he makes it clear that he is cleaning up after them for not getting their jobs done right in the first place.
No, the chorus does not admonish Oedipus to leave his wife in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, no one says anything to Theban King Oedipus about what to do about the body of Theban Queen Jocasta. It is Oedipus who takes the initiative. Creon is now King of Thebes, and Oedipus asks his brother-in-law, former enemy and royal colleague to give Jocasta a proper burial.