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OEDIPUS THE KING.


PERSONS OF THE DRAMA.


Oedipus, King of Thebes.
Priest of Zeus.
Creon, brother of Iocasta.
Teiresias, the blind prophet.
Iocasta.
First Messenger, a shepherd from Corinth.
A Shepherd, formerly in the service of Laius.
Second Messenger, from the house.
Chorus of Theban Elders.


Mute Persons.

A train of Suppliants (old men, youths, and children).
The children Antigone and Ismene, daughters of
Oedipus and Iocasta.




Scene: Before the Royal Palace at Thebes.