It ends with the assertion that no man should consider themselves fortunate until dead.
In a Roman version of this work, Manto sacrifices animals offstage and the chorus compares the protagonist to Daedalus and Pentheus. It ends with the assertion that no man should consider themselves fortunate until dead. In this work, the main character learns about a certain figure's childhood on Mount Kithaeron, whom the shepherd Polybus nurtured. Previously its main character had removed the gold pins that fastened together his wife's dress. The main action of this play is the interrogation of a messenger, a blind prophet that believes the protagonist will fall, and Creon. This play is the first chronologically in The Theban Cycle, and is followed up with a play set at Colonus. For 10 points, name this Sophocles play about a king of Thebes that marries Jocasta, his own mother.
In a Roman version of this work, Manto sacrifices animals offstage and the chorus compares the protagonist to Daedalus and Pentheus.
Oedipus Rex [accept Oedipus the King]