Angel Gomez Discussion 6

The section from the chorus i decided on is 540-580 ” who is the man proclaimed by Delphi’s prophetic rock as the bloody handed murderer. The augur has spread confusion, terrible confusion; I do not approve what was said nor can I deny it. I do not know what to say; I am in a flutter of foreboding; I never heard in the present nor past of a quarrel between the sons of Labdacus and Polybus, that I might bring as proof in attacking the popular fame of Oedipus, seeking to take vengeance for undiscovered death in the line of Labdacus”. Teiresias is referred as the fate teller when he is the one who is responsible for indicating what happens to Oedipus. No one can comprehend how Oedipus is involved with the suffering that happens in the future when he is the responsible ruler for stopping Sphinx with the well known riddles. Oedipus was an exemplary character due to his help for the city, which is why it was others who were shocked and fearful that they would paint him as a killer.