![]() An Old Man ( senex) is a messenger from Corinth who comes to tell Oedipus that Polybus is dead, and reveals part of Oedipus' history to him.She is used in the play to describe Tiresias' sacrifice to him, and therefore also to the audience. Tiresias is a blind prophet who is charged by Oedipus to find the killer of King Laius.Creon is Jocasta's brother, and the chief aid to Oedipus in Thebes.Jocasta is the widow of the former king Laius, wife of Oedipus and sister of Creon.Oedipus is the king of Thebes, husband of Jocasta, and he is the supposed son of king Polybus of Corinth.It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus, which is better known through the play Oedipus Rex by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles. 1061 lines of verse that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. Oedipus is a fabula crepidata (Roman tragic play with Greek subject) of c. ![]()
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