Characters in the Play

Name: Oedipus the King - Characters in the Play
Author: Sophocles

Oedipus, King of Thebes

Priest of Zeus

Creon, brother of Jocasta

Teiresias, the blind prophet

Jocasta

First Messenger, a shepherd from Corinth

A Shepherd, formerly in the service of Laius

Second Messenger, from the house

Chorus of Theban Elders

Mute Persons

A train of Suppliants (old men, youths, and children).

The children Antigone and Ismene, daughters of

Oedipus and Jocasta

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Chicago: Sophocles, "Characters in the Play," Oedipus the King, trans. R. C. Jebb Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=52QJTNA3MFP4CN6.

MLA: Sophocles. "Characters in the Play." Oedipus the King, translted by R. C. Jebb, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=52QJTNA3MFP4CN6.

Harvard: Sophocles, 'Characters in the Play' in Oedipus the King, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=52QJTNA3MFP4CN6.