That he must find and punish a killer who may turn out to be himself is the crisis of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, a crisis is a point at which a critical decision on the order of life and death must be made. The crisis is foreshadowed when Theban King Oedipus promises that he will make or break himself in tracking down King Laius' killer. It occurs when Oedipus keeps realizing more and more that he may be the suspect.
That he must find and punish a killer who may turn out to be himself is the crisis of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a crisis is a point at which a critical decision on the order of life and death must be made. The crisis is foreshadowed when Theban King Oedipus promises that he will make or break himself in tracking down King Laius' killer. It occurs when Oedipus keeps realizing more and more that he may be the suspect.
Oedipus.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Oedipus the King (Oedipus Tyrannus) was written by Sophocles c.430 BC.
it was king Laius, Oedipus' real father.
That he must find and punish a killer who may turn out to be himself is the crisis of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, a crisis is a point at which a critical decision on the order of life and death must be made. The crisis is foreshadowed when Theban King Oedipus promises that he will make or break himself in tracking down King Laius' killer. It occurs when Oedipus keeps realizing more and more that he may be the suspect.
Oedipus.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Oedipus the King (Oedipus Tyrannus) was written by Sophocles c.430 BC.
it was king Laius, Oedipus' real father.
Oedipus is king of Thebes
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
what is the social context of Oedipus the king drama
Oedipus kills him.
Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) was written by Sophocles.
Theban King Oedipus himself sends for the blind prophet Teiresias. He knows of Teiresias' straightforward interactions with mortals, his skilled predictions of the future, and his accurate assessments of the present. Oedipus counts on all three of these character traits to get him and his people through their current crisis.
Oedipus does not realize that he killed king Laius and that king Laius was his father.