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Identify and punish the perpetrator or perpetrators is what Apollo wants Thebans to do about the unsolved murder of Theban King Laius. The god passes that information on through his Oracle. The Oracle specifies that punishment must be execution or exile. Note that the Oracle says that the plague will only be lifted when the murderer is punished.

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