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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.
When Oedipus asks the blind prophet Tiresias who killed the previous king Laius, Tiresias states that he knows but wishes he didn't. Oedipus furiously accuses Tiresias of the murder of (Oedipus'own father), Laius - whom, of course Oedipus actually killed unknowingly.
The son of Laius, Oedipus.
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
Tiresias
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.
Because Tiresias tells him that he is the murderer, and he is not a thief, and doesn't believe that he had anything to do with it, although he finds out later that he did.
Because Tiresias tells him that he is the murderer, and he is not a thief, and doesn't believe that he had anything to do with it, although he finds out later that he did.
Because Tiresias tells him that he is the murderer, and he is not a thief, and doesn't believe that he had anything to do with it, although he finds out later that he did.
When Oedipus asks the blind prophet Tiresias who killed the previous king Laius, Tiresias states that he knows but wishes he didn't. Oedipus furiously accuses Tiresias of the murder of (Oedipus'own father), Laius - whom, of course Oedipus actually killed unknowingly.
The son of Laius, Oedipus.
Tiresias tells Oedipus he is the murderer of Laius.
Tiresias
He does not know that the person he killed on the road from Corinth was Laius.
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.
Oedipus Rex kills his father
The father of Oedipus, who was Antigone's father. As the curse stated by Tiresias went, Oedipus ended up inadvertently killing Laius.