It is to Delphi that Oedipus sends Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Oedipus does not know what causes a pestilence in Thebes. He therefore has Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, take a trip to Delphi. Delphi is the location of the Delphic oracle whose insights are respected throughout all ancient Greece.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
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.
Creon
Creon, he goes to find out from Apollo what has caused the plauge
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
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.
Creon
Creon, he goes to find out from Apollo what has caused the plauge
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
Oedipus sends Creon, his brother-in-law, to go see the Oracle in Delphi, in hopes that he will return with a solution to the problem in Thebes.
Brother-in-law and uncle is Creon's relationship to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Theban Queen Jocasta's brother. Jocasta is the wife and the mother of King Oedipus. Oedipus therefore is both brother-in-law and nephew to Creon.
Yes, Creon genetically is related to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Theban King Oedipus' uncle. He is the brother of Queen Jocasta, who is Oedipus' mother and wife. Creon and Oedipus share a common paternal ancestor in Thebes' founding King Cadmus.
No one is Theban King Creon's stepfather in 'Oedipus Rex'. Neither is Creon the stepfather to anyone in the play. But what does happen is future King Oedipus' adoption by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus, thus highlighting Oedipus's tendency not to think before he speaks.
No, Creon is not Oedipus' son in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Oedipus' uncle, brother-in-law, royal colleague and ultimately royal successor. Shortly after Oedipus' arrival in Thebes, he marries widowed Theban Queen Jocasta, Creon's sister. But Oedipus does not know that he actually is Jocasta's son and therefore Creon's nephew. Creon becomes Oedipus' royal successor once Jocasta's and Oedipus' incest and Oedipus' murder of his own father become known.
It is not certain whether or not Creon is the antagonist in Oedipus Rex because Oedipus obviously trusted him (or else he would not have sent him to Delphi;) however, the two characters seemed to conflict as a result of jealousy.