It is as caused predominantly by Apollo and only a little bit by himself that Oedipus views his disaster in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus accepts that his life goes exactly the way that it is prophesied to. He becomes his father's killer and his mother's husband despite all his efforts to the contrary. He blames Apollo the god of prophecy for the previous disasters. But he says that he is to blame for blinding himself.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
Pestilence is the disaster that strikes Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a disaster is a hazard that results from natural causes or human intervention and whose negative impacts are large-scale. This describes the pestilence about which the priest of Zeus talks to Theban King Oedipus in the play's beginning. For example, livestock are ailing, crops are failing, and children die before birth or shortly thereafter.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
Oedipus Rex is part of a four part collection of plays, three tradgedies and a comedy. We do not have the Comedy but the three tradgedies are "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Sophocles, an Ancient Greek playwright, wrote Oedipus Rex.
Oedipus
A point of view is the way in which an individual looks at someone or something. In 'Oedipus Rex', the points of view differ. In fact, the same thing appears to be viewed by different people from different angles. Throughout the play, therefore, the audience and the characters need to reconcile the differing points of view of Theban Kings Creon and Oedipus, Theban Queen Jocasta, Teiresias the blind prophet, a shepherd, a messenger, and the chorus.
Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.