That they have a problem which they hope can be solved by him is the reason why people come to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, a pestilence causes children to be stillborn, crops to fail and livestock to ail. The people of Thebes gather outside their city's royal palace. They hope that King Oedipus, whom they call the savior of Thebes, will find a way to end the pestilence before it ends all life in Thebes.
Oedipus realizes hat the prophecies have all come true.
Oedipus has become the 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.
Oedipus solved the Sphinx's riddle in the play Oedipus Rex ("Oedipus the King"). He alone understood that a people-killing Sphinx would pose an apparently unanswerable riddle about people.
Oedipus realizes hat the prophecies have all come true.
Oedipus has become the 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.
Oedipus solved the Sphinx's riddle in the play Oedipus Rex ("Oedipus the King"). He alone understood that a people-killing Sphinx would pose an apparently unanswerable riddle about people.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Oedipus Rex is part of a four part collection of plays, three tradgedies and a comedy. We do not have the Comedy but the three tradgedies are "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".
Oedipus
Sophocles, an Ancient Greek playwright, wrote Oedipus Rex.