Prologue, lines 95-107
Creon reports the oracle: a pollution harbored in the land must be driven out — the unknown murderer of Laius.
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From Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Creon returns from Delphi with Apollo's command that Thebes must banish or kill the murderer of the former king Laius to end the plague.
Prologue, lines 216-275
Oedipus's solemn curse upon the unknown murderer — dramatic irony at its most devastating, as he curses himself.
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