Oedipus, King of Thebes :: :: University of Virginia Library

Doyle, Francis Hastings (1810-1888)

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Œdipus, King of Thebes.
High-priest of Jupiter.
Creon, Brother-in-Law to Œdipus.
Jocasta, Wife of Œdipus, discovered in the course of the Play to be also his Mother.
Tiresias, the Prophet and Soothsayer.
A Messenger from Corinth.
A Messenger from Thebes.
Chorus of aged Thebans.
Ismene and Antigone, the Daughters of Œdipus, appear on the scene, but do not break silence.