One character in this work murders a man and his servants at a crossroads in Phocis. That character had been raised by Merope in Corinth after a servant failed to kill him and learns of his lineage while attempting to end a plague. News of the death of Polybus causes the revelation that Tiresias had been correct and the title character of this play is the son of Laius. Creon returns to learn that Jocasta has hanged herself and the title ruler and father of Ismene and Antigone has gouged out his eyes with her brooches. For 10 points, name this tragedy, one of the Theban
One character in this work murders a man and his servants at a crossroads in Phocis. That character had been raised by Merope in Corinth after a servant failed to kill him and learns of his lineage while attempting to end a plague. News of the death of Polybus causes the revelation that Tiresias had been correct and the title character of this play is the son of Laius. Creon returns to learn that Jocasta has hanged herself and the title ruler and father of Ismene and Antigone has gouged out his eyes with her brooches. For 10 points, name this tragedy, one of the Theban Plays of Sophocles.
One character in this work murders a man and his servants at a crossroads in Phocis.
{Oedipus Rex} [accept Oedipus {Tyrannus or} Oedipus {the King}]