It is the priest of Zeus that tells Oedipus that a pestilence threatens to destroy the city at the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the priest gathers with suppliants outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. The suppliants have set up altars in the clearing. They plan to have the priest bring up the pestilential problem in a public meeting with their beloved and respected King Oedipus.
It is a pestilence that threatens to destroy Oedipus' city in the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a pestilence brings about a serious decline in Thebes' population. It causes children to be born dead and livestock to ail. It also is accompanied by failing crops. So the people of Thebes suffer from a famine.PLAGUE
It is the priest of Zeus that tells Oedipus that a pestilence threatens to destroy the city at the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the priest gathers with suppliants outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. The suppliants have set up altars in the clearing. They plan to have the priest bring up the pestilential problem in a public meeting with their beloved and respected King Oedipus.
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It is a pestilence that threatens to destroy Oedipus' city in the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a pestilence brings about a serious decline in Thebes' population. It causes children to be born dead and livestock to ail. It also is accompanied by failing crops. So the people of Thebes suffer from a famine.PLAGUE
It is the priest of Zeus that tells Oedipus that a pestilence threatens to destroy the city at the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the priest gathers with suppliants outside the main entrance to the Theban royal palace. The suppliants have set up altars in the clearing. They plan to have the priest bring up the pestilential problem in a public meeting with their beloved and respected King Oedipus.
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A plague threatens to destroy the city.
A pestilence is what Theban King Oedipus learns is threatening to destroy his city at the beginning of the play. It threatens the city's population, its livestock, and its harvests. If it isn't stopped, the Theban population well may die out, and the resources that they need for their survival likewise may dry up.A pestilence is what Theban King Oedipus discovers to be threatening to destroy his city at the beginning of the play. It's ravaging his city's population, livestock and crops. He doesn't know how to stop it. So he sends his brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, to find out the cause of, and the solution to, the problem through consultation with the Oracle at Apollo's Shrine.
No, citizens don't tell Theban King Oedipus about a plague threatening to destroy the city at the beginning of the play. Instead, it's the priest who does so. Oedipus already is aware of the problem and the lack of an effective solution.
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