What does Teiresias tell Oedipus?

Answer 1

That he is Laius' murderer and that he is not the role model that everyone considers him is what Teiresias tells Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet accuses Theban King Oedipus of murdering King Laius. He cautions that this is not the only disturbing revelation that Oedipus will receive within the day's passing. He says that Oedipus' knowledge of who he really is and what he really does will destroy him.

Answer 2

That Oedipus and Creon will be disgraced is what Teiresias prophesies in "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet says that Theban King Oedipus will be disgraced personally and professionally. He states that Oedipus' knowledge of his true identity will destroy him and his personal and professional life. He likewise tells King Creon that the mourning and suggering that go around Thebes will come back and destroy the royal household.

Answer 3

It is as a way of overthrowing him that Oedipus explains Teiresias' announcement in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet announces that Theban King Oedipus is King Laius' killer. Oedipus is frightened, horrified and surprised since he does not remember meeting his supposed murder victim and since the punishment for killing a king is execution or exile. He jumps to the conclusion that Teiresias wants his job.

Answer 4

That Oedipus will be destroyed by what he is about to learn about himself and that he will be blinded and shunned are what Teiresias predicts in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet says that Oedipus is King Laius' killer. He also states that Oedipus' domestic life is not the role model of bliss and perfection that everyone thinks. He tells Oedipus that he will lose his sight, his reputation, his job and his home before the day is done.

Answer 5

That he will lose everything and mutilate himself when he realizes that he is a killer and much more are Teiresias' predictions about Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet announces that Theban King Oedipus is the killer that all Thebes seeks. He declares that Oedipus is not the role model father and husband that everyone thinks. He observes that knowing his true identity will destroy Oedipus. He warns that Oedipus will lose all that he has and spend the rest of his life in blind, miserable exile.

Answer 6

That it will destroy him is what Teiresias predicts for Oedipus when the truth is revealed in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet announces that Theban King Oedipus will know the identity of the killer whom he seeks and the truth of his existence before the day ends. He insists that the knowledge will be devastating. He warns that no mortal will experience more wretchedness than Oedipus.

Answer 7

That he will become blind, homeless, poor, shunned and weakened with self-loathing is what Teiresias predicts for Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).

Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet warns that Oedipus will lose his sight, riches and home and that he will be in as much Horror about himself as others will be horrified by him. He says that Oedipus will learn of his identity as a Theban born but not bred and of his relationship as both father and half-brother to his own children and as both husband and son to his own wife. Teiresias concludes that all of this will happen as a result of Oedipus discovering without a doubt that he is the killer of his own father, King Laius.

Answer 8

Oedipus murdered the former king of Thebes.