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DRAMATIS PERSONÆ.


Jocasta,[1] wife of Oedipus.

Old Servant, attendant on Antigonê.

Antigone, daughter of Oedipus.

Polyneikes, exiled son of Oedipus.

Eteokles, son of Oedipus, and king of Thebes.

Kreon, brother of Jocasta.

Teiresias, a blind prophet.

Menoikeus, son of Kreon.

Messenger, armour-bearer of Eteokles.

Oedipus, father of Eteokles and Polyneikes.

Chorus, consisting of Phœnician Maidens, dedicated by the
Tyrians to the service of Apollo at Delphi, who, resting at
Thebes on their journey, have been detained there by the siege
.

Daughter of Teiresias, guards of Eteokles, attendants of Jocasta
and of Kreon
.

Scene:—In front of the Royal Palace at Thebes.

  1. Pronounced Yocasta