It is Creon whom Oedipus sends for information about how to end the pestilence in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban King Oedipus faces the challenge of a pestilence that threatens the the harvests and the lives of Theban people and their livestock. He has no idea as to the cause or the solution. So he sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out what to do.
Creon is the person whom Oedipus sends to find out why a curse is on the city in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, children die before birth or shortly thereafter, crops are failing and livestock are ailing because of a pestilence ravaging all Thebes. Theban King Oedipus therefore does what any good royal does in ancient Greece by seeking information from the Apolline oracle at Delphi. It is Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, that Oedipus sends on the mission to find out what causes and what will end the pestilence in Thebes.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
To find out from the Oracle at Apollo's shrine why there's pestilence in Thebes and how to end it is the errand that Theban King Oedipus entrusts to his brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon. Creon indeed comes back with the necessary information. The Oracle says that the pestilence will end with the identification and punishment of the murderer or murderers of Theban King Laius, Oedipus' royal predecessor and - unbeknownst to him - his own father and sovereign.
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.
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.
It is Creon whom Oedipus sends to find out what can be done to end the pestilence in Thebes in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus knows what Thebes is suffering from. But he lacks information as to why the pestilence is afflicting his city. He therefore sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to consult with the highly respected Delphic oracle as to how to end the pestilence before it ends all life in Thebes.
Creon is the person whom Oedipus sends to find out why a curse is on the city in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, children die before birth or shortly thereafter, crops are failing and livestock are ailing because of a pestilence ravaging all Thebes. Theban King Oedipus therefore does what any good royal does in ancient Greece by seeking information from the Apolline oracle at Delphi. It is Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, that Oedipus sends on the mission to find out what causes and what will end the pestilence in Thebes.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
To find out from the Oracle at Apollo's shrine why there's pestilence in Thebes and how to end it is the errand that Theban King Oedipus entrusts to his brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon. Creon indeed comes back with the necessary information. The Oracle says that the pestilence will end with the identification and punishment of the murderer or murderers of Theban King Laius, Oedipus' royal predecessor and - unbeknownst to him - his own father and sovereign.
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.
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.
It is to Creon that Oedipus asks whether or not he urged him to send for a prophetic mumbler in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus does not like the information given to him by Teiresias the blind prophet. He decides that such information can cost him his throne. He can only think that Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, must be Teiresias' conspirator in an attempting to grab all royal powers for themselves. Oedipus believes that he can arrive at the worst conclusions from the fact that the only reason that he consults Teiresias is because of Creon's urging.
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.
No one is sent by Theban King Oedipus to consult with Teiresias the blind prophet, at the beginning of the play. Instead, Oedipus has his brother-in-law and uncle, Theban King Creon, go to consult with the Oracle at Apollo's shrine. He has problems trying to carry out the information from the Oracle. So Oedipus sends a messenger to bring Teiresias to his presence. But no one is sent beforehand or in advance to consult with the prophet before this meeting with Oedipus.
Send Creon to consult the Apolline oracleis what Oedipus does to solve the problem at the beginning of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus does what any royal is raised to do in Thebes and throughout ancient Greece: find out what divine will is in all this. An environmental problem such as pestilence usually indicates an offensive commission or omission by mortals. Oedipus sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out what Thebans are or are not doing and what they need to be doing or to stop doing.
It is to find out how to end the pestilence that Oedipus sends Creon to consult the Delphic oracle in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, an environmental disturbance such as pestilence can result from divine wrath over offensive commissions or omissions of mortals. Proper procedure in that case is to consult the Pythia, ancient Greece's most famous and respected oracle. That is precisely what Theban King Oedipus does.
It is the Delphic oracle that Oedipus sends Creon to consult prior to the beginning of the action of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Delphic oracle carries the name of the Pythia. As the oracle of Apollo the sun god at Delphi, she is the most famous and respected oracle in ancient Greece. Oedipus therefore sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out how to end the pestilence before it ends all life in Thebes.