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As the Bible was assembled over a few hundred years, both before and after Jesus Christ, there is no clear answer for this question.
Theban Queen Jocasta comes to make peace between Theban King Oedipus and Theban King Creon. She has personal and professional reasons for her peace making efforts.Personally, she's related closely to both men. Oedipus is her husband, and Creon her brother.Professionally, all three are lateral colleagues on the job. All three are involved in a joint power sharing arrangement whereby the rule over Thebes and its citizens is in their three sets of hands. Jocasta realizes that disagreement is disastrous for three people who are close relatives and close colleagues in overlapping personal and work spaces.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
Yes, sympathy lies with Creon at the beginning of "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the direction of the sympathy is indicated by the chorus and its leader. Theban King Creon is admired for seeing Thebes through the recent civil war over the royal succession. But the ultimate dissipation of that sympathy is foreshadowed by Creon's own admission that he has opponents who plot in secret against him.
At the beginning of the play "Oedipus Rex," Oedipus has sent Creon to the Oracle at Delphi to seek guidance on how to rid Thebes of the plague afflicting the city. He wants to learn the cause of the pestilence and how to restore order. Creon is tasked with obtaining the Oracle's prophecy to help Oedipus address the crisis facing Thebes.
The Delphic oracle.
I would say arrogant and haughty
The Elders, who are the community's wise men, are those whom Theban King Creon assembles in the beginning of the first scene. He makes decisions on his own as the ruler of Thebes. But he needs to keep the Elders informed of his decisions, after if not before the fact.
It is as the victor that the chorus sees Creon at the beginning of the first scene in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the chorus gathers because they have a royal summons. They know that information will be shared. They look forward to hearing what Creon has to say since he is on the winning side of the first civil war over the Theban royal succession.