What is the Priest's entreaty to Oedipus in the opening scene of Oedipus Rex?
The priest begs Oedipus to save Thebes from the plague afflicting its people. Defeating the Sphinx is Oedipus’s earlier achievement, and new worship is not the request.…
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What is the Priest's entreaty to Oedipus in the opening scene of Oedipus Rex?
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The priest begs Oedipus to save Thebes from the plague afflicting its people. Defeating the Sphinx is Oedipus’s earlier achievement, and new worship is not the request. Oedipus has already sent Creon to Delphi, so that is not the priest’s principal entreaty.
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