Teiresias
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
Teiresias
Teiresias
Nicolas Cage
He does not know that the person he killed on the road from Corinth was Laius.
He does not know that the person he killed on the road from Corinth was Laius.
Because he himself is the accused, Oedipus doubts what Teiresias says about the identity of Laius' murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus arrives in Thebes after the death of Theban King Laius. So he does not remember ever meeting his royal predecessor. He therefore doubts that he can be identified and punished as Laius' murderer.
Because Tiresias tells him that he is the murderer, and he is not a thief, and doesn't believe that he had anything to do with it, although he finds out later that he did.
It gives Oedipus information that will later cause him to suspect that he is Laius's murderer.
His son Oedipus.
it is Teiresias who says that Oedipus is Laius' murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet is Thebes' wisest citizen. He also functions as royal advisor to all Theban kings. Theban King Oedipus calls for Teiresias' presence and advice. But he balks at Teiresias' charge that Oedipus is the murderer that all Thebes seeks in the murder of Theban King Laius.
That Oedipus does everything he can to find the murderer of King Laius,while the audience knows from the beginning that the murderer is himself.Oedipus is Laius's murderer.