Learn about Oedipus, King Of Thebes - As Sophocles' Oedipus the King begins, the people of Thebes are begging the king for help, begging him to discover the cause of the plague. Oedipus stands ...

Jocasta has been questioned by Oedipus for details on the death of King Laius. When she asks what burden Oedipus is carrying and to share his information, this is his reply. A curse has taken a ...

King Laius is told by an oracle that he is doomed to perish by the hand of his own son, who will also lie with his mother. This prompts Laius to order Jacosta, his wife and Queen, ...

King Laius once received a prophecy. I won't say it came straight from Apollo, but it came from one of those who assist the god. It said Laius was fated to be killed from a child conceived of him ...

The story of Oedipus begins north of ancient Athens, in the kingdom of Thebes where King Laius and his wife, Jocasta, had a son. Legend has it that, before a name was given to the baby boy, ...

Westminster College and the Classical Greek Theatre Festival will perform “Oedipus the King” by Sophocles, hosted by the Brigham Young University’s Department of Theatre and Media Arts, Monday, Sept.

By decree of Antigone’s uncle, King Creon, the corpses of the traitors were to be left where they ... Laius, in his panicked anxiety about losing power and privilege, tried to murder his ...

King Laius of Thebes in Greek mythology Laius is the epitome of poor parenting. An Oracle from Delphi warned Laius and his wife Queen Jocasta not to have a child, predicting that he would kill him ...

That Oedipus killed King Laius and the resulting plague is due to his trangressions. Oedipus does not believe Teiresias and feels that Creon, Jocasta's brother, is behind this.