In the reading of Oedipus the king, translated by David Grene, the passage that I selected is “I know that what the Lord Teiresias sees, is most often what the Lord Apollo sees. If you should inquire of this from him you might find out most clearly.” (304-307). According to the chorus, Teiresias is on the level of the god of Apollo in relying on the truth, After sending his brother in law Creon to speak to the god Apollo to stop the plague, Apollo’s request was to find the killer of King Laius in order to stop the plague, the chorus then suggests Teiresias, and after Oedipus persistence, Teiresias revealed that it was Oedipus that he killed the King. The chorus suggesting Teiresias to Oedipus created a shock factor in the story and revelation where King Oedipus was the “bad guy” in the story that caused to plague, which Oedipus denied.
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