As the drama begins, the citizens of Thebes plead with their king Oedipus to lift the plague that threatens to destroy the city. He has sent his brother-in-law Creon to oracle that the plague will end when the murderer of Laius (the former king) is killed or banished. So the king set out to find the killer, who ironically was the killer but he didn’t know it.
who is the man proclaimed
by Delphi’s prophetic rock
as the bloody handed murderer,
the doer of deeds that none dare name?
Now is the time for him to run
with a stronger foot
than Pegasus38
for the child of Zeus leaps in arms upon him
with fire and the lightning bolt,
and terribly close on his heels
are the Fates that never miss.(line545-550)
The chorus warns that the murderer will be pursued by the gods. If he does not stop what he is doing, he will be punished
I do not know what to say;
I am in a flutter of foreboding; (line570)
The choir represents the citizens, who have doubts about the revered king
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Jiaying, this is an excellent quote, but it has already been used several times. Please try not to duplicate what others have posted. One way of avoiding this is to jump into the discussion earlier in the week.