Oedipus' daughters are the individuals whom Creon brings to Oedipus at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are King Oedipus' daughters and half-sisters. Oedipus is supposed to be shunned if not outright isolated for killing his father and marrying his mother. But Creon lets Oedipus, his brother-in-law and royal predecessor, meet with his children while everyone awaits the expression of divine will as to whether Oedipus is to be punished with execution or exile for his albeit unknowing criminal act and immoral behavior.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
Creon
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
It is no one that Creon advises Oedipus to send for in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, it is the chorus leader who advises Theban King Oedipus to send for Teiresias the blind prophet. It is Oedipus who advises Queen Jocasta to send for the Theban shepherd. Creon offers no such advice, but does suggest that Oedipus go consult with the Delphic oracle himself.
A messenger announces Jocasta's death. Oedipus asks Creon to banish him from Thebes. Creon brings Oedipus's children to him. Oedipus asks that he be allowed to bring his children with him into exile.
Creon; the Delphic oracle
Creon
Creon exerts authority over Oedipus.
It is no one that Creon advises Oedipus to send for in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, it is the chorus leader who advises Theban King Oedipus to send for Teiresias the blind prophet. It is Oedipus who advises Queen Jocasta to send for the Theban shepherd. Creon offers no such advice, but does suggest that Oedipus go consult with the Delphic oracle himself.
A messenger announces Jocasta's death. Oedipus asks Creon to banish him from Thebes. Creon brings Oedipus's children to him. Oedipus asks that he be allowed to bring his children with him into exile.
It is Jocasta that the chorus leader claims can settle the dispute between Oedipus and Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon cannot stop the argument that his brother-in-law Theban King Oedipus starts. The chorus leader cannot stop it either. But he is confident that Queen Jocasta, Creon's sister and Oedipus' conciliatory wife, can end it all.
It is Creon whom Oedipus sends for information about how to end the pestilence in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus faces the challenge of a pestilence that threatens the the harvests and the lives of Theban people and their livestock. He has no idea as to the cause or the solution. So he sends Creon, his brother-in-law and royal colleague, to find out what to do.
Brother-in-law and uncle is Creon's relationship to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Theban Queen Jocasta's brother. Jocasta is the wife and the mother of King Oedipus. Oedipus therefore is both brother-in-law and nephew to Creon.
Yes, Creon genetically is related to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is Theban King Oedipus' uncle. He is the brother of Queen Jocasta, who is Oedipus' mother and wife. Creon and Oedipus share a common paternal ancestor in Thebes' founding King Cadmus.
No one is Theban King Creon's stepfather in 'Oedipus Rex'. Neither is Creon the stepfather to anyone in the play. But what does happen is future King Oedipus' adoption by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth.
To bring them to him, to function as guardian and to let them accompany him in exile are what Oedipus asks of Creon in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus asks his brother-in-law and royal successor King Creon to allow him visit with his young daughters, the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene. He then asks Creon to function as guardian of the young girls. He finally asks Creon to let him take the girls with him into exile.
That it is up to the gods is the way in which Creon responds to Oedipus' request to be allowed to bring his children with him into exile in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus does not want to be punished with execution instead of exile. He does not want to be sent into exile alone. He dares to ask Creon, his brother-in-law and royal successor, for what he wants. He gets no answer since Creon follows proper procedure and therefore awaits divine word on what to do.