What the does the priest say to Oedipus? The priest tells Oedipus about the plague that ravages Thebes. He begs Oedipus to resolve the crisis reminding him he solved the riddle of the Sphinx before. Finally the priest tells Oedipus that it is in his own self-interest to rid the city of the plague.

The priest believes Thebes is cursed. Crops, animals, and people are dying. He must track down the people who killed Laius, Thebe’s former king, and kill them.

why do the supplicants believe that oedipus will be able to find a solution to the famine? oedipus claims that each supplicant only suffers for himself individually while he, oedipus, suffers for the individual subject, his subjects generally and for himself.

By leaving his home in Corinth, Oedipus thinks he has escaped a terrible prophecy that says that he will kill his father and marry his mother. Oedipus has defeated the riddling Sphinx, saved the seven-gated city of Thebes, and married the queen Jocasta. (Her first husband, Laius, had been killed.)

When Thebes has been struck by a plague, they gather around his palace so that Oedipus may save them from the calamity. Creon is the brother of queen Jocasta, the wife of King Laius as well as Oedipus. He goes to the oracle at Delphi to seek Apollo’s advice in saving Thebes from plague.

The simple answer is that Oedipus is guilty of two crimes: killing the king and incest. Oedipus is certainly guilty of these crimes, but it seems unreasonable to give him the most extreme punishment. After all, he had no idea he was committing them.

Creon exiled Oedipus from Thebes after Oedipus killed his father and married his mother. Creon also declared that Polyneices would not receive a proper burial because he committed treason against his own city.