Jocasta's most trusted servant is the eyewitness to Oedipus' crime in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Oedipus kills Laius and four of the king's five member escort party. Only two leave the Delphi-Daulia intersection alive. Oedipus goes on to Thebes and marries Jocasta, Laius' beautiful widowed queen. Jocasta's trusted servant comes back to Thebes, recognizes Oedipus and gets the queen's approval to return to his original livelihood as a shepherd outside Thebes.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
The truth of the testimonies of the Corinthian messenger and the Theban shepherd is the turning point in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the eyewitness testimony of the Corinthian messenger establishes that Theban King Oedipus is not the biological son of Corinthian King Polybus. The eyewitness testimony of the Theban shepherd establishes that Oedipus is the biological son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. It also establishes that Oedipus is his father's killer and his mother's husband. It is the turning point from which no life ever can be the same.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
That it is the work of thugs hired by Laius' enemies in Thebes is the theory that Oedipus immediately develops about Laius' death in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus has to find and punish the guilty in King Laius' murder. He hears what his brother-in-law and royal colleague Creon has to say. Creon identifies robbers on the basis of the sole surviving eyewitness to Laius' murder. Oedipus observes that money from Laius' enemies in Thebes is behind the crime and that the same can happen to him as current king of Thebes.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
The truth of the testimonies of the Corinthian messenger and the Theban shepherd is the turning point in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the eyewitness testimony of the Corinthian messenger establishes that Theban King Oedipus is not the biological son of Corinthian King Polybus. The eyewitness testimony of the Theban shepherd establishes that Oedipus is the biological son of Theban monarchs Laius and Jocasta. It also establishes that Oedipus is his father's killer and his mother's husband. It is the turning point from which no life ever can be the same.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
That it is the work of thugs hired by Laius' enemies in Thebes is the theory that Oedipus immediately develops about Laius' death in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus has to find and punish the guilty in King Laius' murder. He hears what his brother-in-law and royal colleague Creon has to say. Creon identifies robbers on the basis of the sole surviving eyewitness to Laius' murder. Oedipus observes that money from Laius' enemies in Thebes is behind the crime and that the same can happen to him as current king of Thebes.
That she send for the sole eyewitness to Laius' murder is the favor that Oedipus asks of Jocasta in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus can end the pestilence ravaging Thebes only by identifying and punishing the guilty in the long unsolved murder of Laius, his royal predecessor and his wife's first husband. Based on information from Queen Jocasta about the crime's location, Oedipus fears that he is Laius' killer. At the same time, based on information about the number of killers, Oedipus suspects that he may not be that killer since his long ago crime is carried out alone. He therefore asks Jocasta if the sole survivor of the attack on Laius and his five-member escort party can be brought to the palace for questioning.
That he is Laius' killer and that the truth of his existence will destoy him are the two truths that Teiresias reveals to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus asks for help identifying the guilty in King Laius' murder. But he dislikes what Teiresias the blind prophet tells him. Teiresias charges Oedipus with the crime. He elaborates that before the day is over Oedipus will be destroyed by the truth of his birth, crime and marriage.
That he is an eyewitness to a crime for which Oedipus may be a suspect is the reason why Oedipus wants to see the surviving member of Laius' escort party in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus heads a murder investigation into the death of King Laius, his royal predecessor and his wife's first husband. It is difficult to follow clues and gather information. But Oedipus may be able to solve the murder mystery by talking with Jocasta's most trusted servant, the sole survivor of the attack that kills five out of seven people in the Delphi-Daulia intersection at the same uncomfortable time.
It is the presence of Teiresias and the Theban shepherdthat Oedipus requests in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus asks for help in solving a murder that takes place before he moves to Thebes. He counts on his royal advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet. He also looks to the Theban shepherd, the sole surviving eyewitness to King Laius' murder.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
That the very person whom she expects to soothe Oedipus with information on the identity of Laius' killer confirms Oedipus' fear that he is Laius' killer is the way in which Jocasta's attempt to soothe Oedipus backfires in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta says that her first husband, King Laius, is killed at the Delphi-Daulia crossroads in Phocis. The crime happens at the very spot where her second husband, King Oedipus, commits murder at about the same time and to a similar person. Jocasta arranges for the lone survivor and eyewitness to the crime to come to the Theban royal palace. But the Theban shepherd ultimately accuses Oedipus of being Laius' killer and therefore his own father's murderer and his own mother's husband.
It is when he speaks of looking at the light for one last time that Oedipus hints at how he hopes to punish himself in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus makes the statement at the end of the Theban shepherd's eyewitness testimony. Oedipus realizes that the fate against which he constantly looks over his shoulder is everywhere he looks. He never wants to see the mess of his misdeeds ever again.