Citizens
plague
Citizens
Citizens
A plague threatens to destroy the city.
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.
plague
Citizens
Citizens
Citizens
A plague threatens to destroy the city.
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.
The Citizens
the plague
Oedipus lifted the plague of the Sphinx by answering her riddle, and, in the play, he lifts the infertility plague by punishing himself.
Oedipus must find out how to lift a plague from Thebes.
to deal with the plague
The people of Thebes have been stricken by plague at the beginning of the play. The city is dying and the people are begging Oedipus to save them.