The information that Oedipus is a murderer and that the royal marriage isn't a role model is what Tiresias the blind prophet includes in his message to the Theban King. The people, the livestock, and the crops of Thebes are suffering from a pestilence. The Oracle at Apollo's Shrine says that the pestilence will end once the murderer of Oedipus' royal predecessor, Theban King Laius, is found and executed or exiled. Nobody helps Oedipus in his manhunt. So he turns to the blind prophet. Surprisingly, Tiresias says that Oedipus is the very person that's being sought and that Oedipus' apparently perfect marriage to Theban Queen Jocasta is the ultimate offense against all notions of decent, legal marital unions.
Oedipus is outraged at Tiresias' prophecy. He thinks Tiresias is lying to him and was "put up" to telling him that by Creon. Oedipus is so furious with Tiresias, that in the process he pushes Tiresias into making another prophecy (more of a premonition) that Oedipus will be blind.
He does not know that the person he killed on the road from Corinth was Laius.
When Oedipus asks the blind prophet Tiresias who killed the previous king Laius, Tiresias states that he knows but wishes he didn't. Oedipus furiously accuses Tiresias of the murder of (Oedipus'own father), Laius - whom, of course Oedipus actually killed unknowingly.
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
The blind prophet Tiresias who is called by Oedipus to reveal who killed King Laius. When he is hesitant to do so however as the killer is Oedipus, Oedipus jumpsto conclusions assuming that it is he Tiresias who murdered Laius.
Oedipus is outraged at Tiresias' prophecy. He thinks Tiresias is lying to him and was "put up" to telling him that by Creon. Oedipus is so furious with Tiresias, that in the process he pushes Tiresias into making another prophecy (more of a premonition) that Oedipus will be blind.
He does not know that the person he killed on the road from Corinth was Laius.
When Oedipus asks the blind prophet Tiresias who killed the previous king Laius, Tiresias states that he knows but wishes he didn't. Oedipus furiously accuses Tiresias of the murder of (Oedipus'own father), Laius - whom, of course Oedipus actually killed unknowingly.
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
The blind prophet Tiresias who is called by Oedipus to reveal who killed King Laius. When he is hesitant to do so however as the killer is Oedipus, Oedipus jumpsto conclusions assuming that it is he Tiresias who murdered Laius.
Oedipus accuses Creon of bribing Tiresias in an effort to take the crown.
Oedipus doesn't believe Tiresias, even when Tiresias spells the truth out to him; he calls him a liar and claims that he is in league with Creon for the throne.
Tiresias had many prophecies, including the prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father and marry his mother.
He finds that Tiresias is saying that he is the murderer of Lauis and has a deeper darer past that he will find out about.
The son of Laius, Oedipus.
Tiresias, the blind prophet.
He accuses Oedipus directly, but Oedipus, in denial, believes he has been bribed by Oedipus' political enemies.