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KING OEDIPUS


THE PERSONS


Oedipus, King of Thebes.

Priest of Zeus.

Creon, brother of Jocasta.

Chorus of Theban Elders.

Tiresias, the Blind Prophet.

Jocasta, the Queen, sister to Creon.

A Corinthian Shepherd.

A Theban Shepherd.

Messenger.


The following also appear, but do not speak:

A Train of Suppliants.

The children Antigone and Ismene.


Scene. Before the Royal Palace in the Cadmean citadel of Thebes.