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Oedipus, as the king of Thebes, wants to seek out the murderer in order to eradicate the pollution that has overtaken Thebes. The Greeks believed that by bringing the murderer to justice, the God's will no longer be offended by the crime of murder, and prosperity will return to Thebes. It is ironic that Oedipus wants to seek out the murderer, because Oedipus is the murderer himself.
banishment from Thebes.
Oedipus vows to avenge Laius' death, and to lay a curse on and drive the murderer from Thebes.
the people of Thebes were too worried about the Sphinx. they were being plagued
The fact that Laius's murderer (Oedipus) lives unpunished.
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Oedipus, as the king of Thebes, wants to seek out the murderer in order to eradicate the pollution that has overtaken Thebes. The Greeks believed that by bringing the murderer to justice, the God's will no longer be offended by the crime of murder, and prosperity will return to Thebes. It is ironic that Oedipus wants to seek out the murderer, because Oedipus is the murderer himself.
banishment from Thebes.
Oedipus vows to avenge Laius' death, and to lay a curse on and drive the murderer from Thebes.
the people of Thebes were too worried about the Sphinx. they were being plagued
The fact that Laius's murderer (Oedipus) lives unpunished.
Creon returns with a message from the oracle: the plague will end when the murderer of Laius, former king of Thebes, is caught and expelled; the murderer is within the city.
The murderer of King Laius must be found and punished so the gods will end the plague on Thebes.
The plague would be lifted when the murderer of old king Laius was found.
That the plague at Thebes is occurring because the murderer of Laius lives unpunished.
It is with a pestilence that the gods punish Thebes for harboring Laius' murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a pestilence is so threatening that Thebans fear life will end in their city before the pestilence does. It manifests itself through ailing livestock, dying children and failing crops. It turns out that its cause is the city's harboring Theban King Laius' murderer and its solution the city's punishing of the guilty for the long unsolved murder of the gods' earthly representative in Thebes.
it is Teiresias who says that Oedipus is Laius' murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Teiresias the blind prophet is Thebes' wisest citizen. He also functions as royal advisor to all Theban kings. Theban King Oedipus calls for Teiresias' presence and advice. But he balks at Teiresias' charge that Oedipus is the murderer that all Thebes seeks in the murder of Theban King Laius.