A pestilential environment is the situation in Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, a pestilence afflicts the entire city and surrounding area. Livestock ail, children die and crops fail. It can go on until all life dies in Thebes or until the guilty in Laius' murder can be found and punished.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
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Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Thebes
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
Thebes Thebes
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Yes.
Thebes
Thebes is the home of Oedipus throughout most of the book although he was born in Cadmus.
Jocasta is Oedipus' mother and wife and queen of Thebes.
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Oedipus has become the king of Thebes.
Oedipus, who is also her brother. Oedipus, the king of Thebes. His story is told in the play "Oedipus Rex".