Oedipus
Oedipus Author: Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Date Written: AD 25–65
First English Translation: 1563
Genre: Latin trag. in 5 acts; verse
Setting: The palace at Thebes, in the mythical past
Cast: 6m, 2f., chorus (m)
The city of Thebes is devastated by the plague, and its king, Oedipus, himself has a sense of foreboding, since he is fated to kill his father and marry his mother. Creon arrives with a message from the oracle at Delphi that the killer of the former king, Laius, must be brought to justice. The seer Tiresias performs a sacrifice of a bull and a heifer in order to learn more, and then decides to summon Laius' ghost to give testimony. Creon reports that Laius' ghost has accused Oedipus of his murder. Oedipus accuses Creon of engineering a conspiracy to overthrow him and has him arrested. A messenger arrives...
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