Creon suggests that the reason that the plague is upon Thebes is by one of the land and its' blood. This meaning that the plague is brought on by some one in the family.
Apollo is a god of fire and light who gives prophecies to both Oedipus and Creon. His knowledge is absolute and are not considered as warnings.
Creon, he goes to find out from Apollo what has caused the plauge
First, Theban King Creon returns from Apollo's Shrine. Second, Teiresias the blind prophet accuses Theban King Oedipus of being the murderer of Theban King Laius. Third, Oedipus accuses Creon and Teiresias of conspiring to take away his royal powers.
Why does Creon share Oedipus's power?
Theban King Oedipus insists that his uncle and brother-in-law, Theban King Creon, share in public the news from Apollo the sun god's shrine. He sends Creon to find out what can be done to end the pestilence that affects Thebes' livestock, harvests, and birth rate. Creon prefers to share the news first and in private with Oedipus. But Oedipus wants his people to hear the breaking news.
Stepping inside the palace and discussing the message in private is the suggestion that Creon makes when Oedipus asks about Apollo's command in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban co-rulers Creon and Oedipus meet outside the royal Palace of Thebes. Creon is back from a mission to find out the cause of and the solution to the sick livestock, failing harvests and declining birth rates in Thebes. He is wearing a laurel wreath decorated with berries, which is supposed to indicate good news from Apollo's shrine. He nevertheless offers to inform Oedipus first and the people of Thebes later.
Apollo is a god of fire and light who gives prophecies to both Oedipus and Creon. His knowledge is absolute and are not considered as warnings.
Apollo is a god of fire and light who gives prophecies to both Oedipus and Creon. His knowledge is absolute and are not considered as warnings.
Creon, he goes to find out from Apollo what has caused the plauge
No, the audience doesn't believe that Theban King Oedipus is the son of Theban King Creon. Oedipus clearly is in control of the interaction. Creon comes back from Apollo's Shrine and wants to share what he learns in private with Oedipus and only later in public with the Theban people. Oedipus refuses and tells Creon to speak there and then. That isn't the typical father and son interaction in which the son respects the father, in ancient Greece.
First, Theban King Creon returns from Apollo's Shrine. Second, Teiresias the blind prophet accuses Theban King Oedipus of being the murderer of Theban King Laius. Third, Oedipus accuses Creon and Teiresias of conspiring to take away his royal powers.
Why does Creon share Oedipus's power?
Creon is Oedipus's uncle.
Theban King Oedipus insists that his uncle and brother-in-law, Theban King Creon, share in public the news from Apollo the sun god's shrine. He sends Creon to find out what can be done to end the pestilence that affects Thebes' livestock, harvests, and birth rate. Creon prefers to share the news first and in private with Oedipus. But Oedipus wants his people to hear the breaking news.
Identify the killer of the previous King of Thebes and have carried out as punishment exile or execution of the guilty are the commands that Creon receives from Apollo's shrine and that he shares with Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Thebes is losing harvests, livestock and newborns. Creon seeks the reason and the solution from the oracle at the shrine of Apollo. The oracle identifies the cause of the troubles as the unsolved murder of Laius years before and the solution as the tracking down and punishing of the guilty.
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
Creon is Jocasta's brother.