CLASSIC 45C Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Pythia, Laius, Cithaeron
27 Apr 2016
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Lines 1-337: awareness of plague: oedipus goes out of palace of thebes, greeted by priests and a bunch of sorrowful citizens. The citizens are all holding a stick with wool wrapped around it: thebes--> plagued--> citizens are dying and no one knows how to end it, oedipus asks the priest why they gather. Priest says the city is dying and asks. Oedipus sends off creon to the delphic oracle: creon arrives and tells in front of the crowd that apollo told him that the killer of laius is in thebes and he must be banished to save thebes. Creon tells story of laius" death: all but one died going up to consult the oracle. Asks if anyone knows who the killer was, but no one answered. He curses the killer and himself: chorus suggests to call forth teresias, a prophet. Teresias answers in riddles: chorus wont believe until they are shown proof, creon enters, followed by oedipus.
