It is the Delphic oracle that Oedipus sends Creon to consult prior to the beginning of the action of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, the Delphic oracle carries the name of the Pythia. As the oracle of Apollo the sun god at Delphi, she is the most famous and respected oracle in ancient Greece. Oedipus therefore sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out how to end the pestilence before it ends all life in Thebes.
No one is sent by Theban King Oedipus to consult with Teiresias the blind prophet, at the beginning of the play. Instead, Oedipus has his brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, go to consult with the Oracle at Apollo's shrine. He has problems trying to carry out the information from the Oracle. So Oedipus sends a messenger to bring Teiresias to his presence. But no one is sent beforehand or in advance to consult with the prophet before this meeting with Oedipus.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
It is to find out how to end the pestilence that Oedipus sends Creon to consult the Delphic oracle in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, an environmental disturbance such as pestilence can result from divine wrath over offensive commissions or omissions of mortals. Proper procedure in that case is to consult the Pythia, ancient Greece's most famous and respected oracle. That is precisely what Theban King Oedipus does.
Oedipus sends Creon, his half-brother and uncle, to consult the oracle in order to discover the cause behind a great plague that has stuck Thebes.
Send Creon to consult the Apolline oracleis what Oedipus does to solve the problem at the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus does what any royal is raised to do in Thebes and throughout ancient Greece: find out what divine will is in all this. An environmental problem such as pestilence usually indicates an offensive commission or omission by mortals. Oedipus sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out what Thebans are or are not doing and what they need to be doing or to stop doing.
The Delphic oracle.
No one is sent by Theban King Oedipus to consult with Teiresias the blind prophet, at the beginning of the play. Instead, Oedipus has his brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, go to consult with the Oracle at Apollo's shrine. He has problems trying to carry out the information from the Oracle. So Oedipus sends a messenger to bring Teiresias to his presence. But no one is sent beforehand or in advance to consult with the prophet before this meeting with Oedipus.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
It is to find out how to end the pestilence that Oedipus sends Creon to consult the Delphic oracle in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, an environmental disturbance such as pestilence can result from divine wrath over offensive commissions or omissions of mortals. Proper procedure in that case is to consult the Pythia, ancient Greece's most famous and respected oracle. That is precisely what Theban King Oedipus does.
Oedipus sends Creon, his half-brother and uncle, to consult the oracle in order to discover the cause behind a great plague that has stuck Thebes.
Send Creon to consult the Apolline oracleis what Oedipus does to solve the problem at the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus does what any royal is raised to do in Thebes and throughout ancient Greece: find out what divine will is in all this. An environmental problem such as pestilence usually indicates an offensive commission or omission by mortals. Oedipus sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out what Thebans are or are not doing and what they need to be doing or to stop doing.
A messenger announces Jocasta's death. Oedipus asks Creon to banish him from Thebes. Creon brings Oedipus's children to him. Oedipus asks that he be allowed to bring his children with him into exile.
It is no one that Creon advises Oedipus to send for in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, it is the chorus leader who advises Theban King Oedipus to send for Teiresias the blind prophet. It is Oedipus who advises Queen Jocasta to send for the Theban shepherd. Creon offers no such advice, but does suggest that Oedipus go consult with the Delphic oracle himself.
Why does Creon share Oedipus's power?
Consult with the Delphic oracle is what Creon says that Oedipus needs to do to get proof of Creon's innocence in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus groundlessly charges Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, with attempting to usurp all royal powers. Creon defends himself. He says that Oedipus need only check with the Delphic oracle. The oracle will confirm that the pestilence can be ended only with the identification and punishment of the guilty in King Laius' murder.
Oedipus accuses Creon of plotting to take his place as king.
Creon is Oedipus's uncle.