OEDIPUS
DRAMATIS PERSONAE
| Oedipus | King of Thebes; the son, as he supposed, of Polybus, king of Corinth, and Merope, his wife, but found to be the son of Laius and Jocasta. |
| Jocasta | Wife and, as the play develops, found to be also the mother of Oedipus. |
| Creon | A Theban prince, brother of Jocasta. |
| Tiresias | A celebrated prophet of Thebes, now old and blind. |
| Manto | His daughter. |
| Old Man | Sent from Corinth to announce to Oedipus the death of Polybus. |
| Phorbas | Head-shepherd of the royal flocks of Thebes. |
| Messenger | Who announces the self-inflicted blindness of Oedipus and the suicide of Jocasta. |
| Chorus | Of Theban elders. |
| The scene is laid before the royal palace of Thebes; the play opens in the early morning of the day within which the tragedy is consummated. | |
