Dramatis Personæ. Sophocles. 1909-14. Oedipus the King. The Harvard Classics.

Sophocles (c.496 B.C.–406 B.C.). Oedipus the King.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

Dramatis Personæ

Œdipus, King of Thebes

Creon, brother of Jocasta

Teiresias, a soothsayer

Priest of Zeus

Messenger from Corinth

Shepherd

Second Messenger

Jocasta, wife of Œdipus

Chorus of Priests and Suppliants


SCENE—Thebes. In the background, the palace of ŒDIPUS; in front, the altar of ZEUS, Priests and Boys round it in the attitude of suppliants.