That he will identify and punish the guilty and thereby avenge the gods, Laius and Thebans and protect himself is what Oedipus promises in lines 138-147 of the play "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, line counts are not the same across the play's different editions. But it seems likely that the reference is to the end of Theban King's interaction with the priest of Zeus and the suppliants outside the royal Palace of Thebes. Oedipus makes his mission personal and indicates that he will not give up until divinely-expressed will is carried out, justice is done and Thebes is pestilence-free.
He will give a reward to the person who brings him info
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Antigone is a young girl in Oedipus and she has no lines. It is not until Oedipus at Colonus that her character begins to develop.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
He will give a reward to the person who brings him info
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Antigone is a young girl in Oedipus and she has no lines. It is not until Oedipus at Colonus that her character begins to develop.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
It helps establish Creon as a foil for Oedipus, thus highlighting Oedipus's tendency not to think before he speaks.
Our lives are both determined by fate and freewill.
"o light, may i ne'er look on thee again."
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
denouement.
denouement
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone