Oedipus the King · c. 429 BC
Dramatis Personae
Translated by Lewis Campbell (1906)
OEDIPUS, King of Thebes.
Priest of Zeus.
CREON, brother of Jocasta.
CHORUS of Theban Elders.
TIRESIAS, the Blind Prophet.
JOCASTA, the Queen, sister to Creon.
A Corinthian Shepherd.
A Theban Shepherd.
Messenger
The following also appear, but do not speak:
A Train of Suppliants.
The children ANTIGONE and ISMENE.
SCENE. Before the Royal Palace in the Cadmean citadel of Thebes.
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Sophocles. Oedipus the King, Dramatis Personae. Translated by Lewis Campbell. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/work/oedipus-the-king-campbell/0/.
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