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.
The father of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. As the curse stated by Tiresias went, Oedipus ended up inadvertently killing Laius.
It's Theban King Oedipus that Teiresias the blind prophet accuses of killing Theban King Laius. He also suggests that there's an equally dark truth behind the married life that Oedipus appears to lead so happily with Laius' widow, Theban Queen Jocasta. Teiresias says that before day's end Oedipus will know the truth of the accusations. Indeed, before not too long, Oedipus is confronted with his own true identity as the killer of his own father and sovereign, and the wedder and bedder of his own mother.
Oedipus remembers meeting a man at a place where three roads meet, and killing him there. When he finds out that Laius was killed by a man at a three-way crossroad, Oedipus suspects that he killed him.
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Exile is the punishment of Theban King Oedipus for killing Theban King Laius. The oracle at Apollo's shrine tells Theban King Creon that the murderer or murderers of Laius must be identified and punished with execution or exile. The choice of the punishment is up to Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle. Oedipus asks for exile, and Creon decides to honor that request, and Oedipus' request for protection to his two daughters, Antigone and Ismene.
The father of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. As the curse stated by Tiresias went, Oedipus ended up inadvertently killing Laius.
It's Theban King Oedipus that Teiresias the blind prophet accuses of killing Theban King Laius. He also suggests that there's an equally dark truth behind the married life that Oedipus appears to lead so happily with Laius' widow, Theban Queen Jocasta. Teiresias says that before day's end Oedipus will know the truth of the accusations. Indeed, before not too long, Oedipus is confronted with his own true identity as the killer of his own father and sovereign, and the wedder and bedder of his own mother.
Oedipus remembers meeting a man at a place where three roads meet, and killing him there. When he finds out that Laius was killed by a man at a three-way crossroad, Oedipus suspects that he killed him.
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
Exile is the punishment of Theban King Oedipus for killing Theban King Laius. The oracle at Apollo's shrine tells Theban King Creon that the murderer or murderers of Laius must be identified and punished with execution or exile. The choice of the punishment is up to Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle. Oedipus asks for exile, and Creon decides to honor that request, and Oedipus' request for protection to his two daughters, Antigone and Ismene.
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
Money is the motive that Oedipus assigns to Laius' killer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus becomes suspicious upon hearing that King Laius, his royal predecessor, is killed far outside Thebes. He believes that the killing is carried out by hired assassins. He concludes that the killers do the deed for pay and on behalf of Laius' enemies within Thebes.
Oedipus does not realize that he killed king Laius and that king Laius was his father.
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
At the time of Laius's murder, Oedipus was not king of Thebes; in fact he unknowingly killed Laius and was the son of Laius.
It is when Teiresias accuses him of the crime that Oedipus doubts what Teiresias tells him about the identity of Laius' murderer in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus needs help in tracking down the guilty in the old, unsolved murder of King Laius. He looks to his royal advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet. He has his doubts once Teiresias accuses him of killing Laius, whom Oedipus never remembers meeting.
Oedipus did, but he didn't realize it was Laius. Also, no one knew it was Oedipus until towards the end.