P. 159: Oedipus is just wondering why all of his people have come to him, what they want and other reasons.
P. 160: The priest is explaining the situation that the city is in.
P. 161: The priest wishes for Oedipus to help restore what the city used to be like.
P. 162: Oedipus shows his distress towards the condition of the city and discloses that Creon has been sent to the Oracle at Delphi to seek assistance.
P. 163: Creon comes back with what he has been told and Oedipus tells him that he should spread the news around to everyone.
P. 164: Creon spreads the news to everyone, discloses that revenges shall be in order for the murder of King Laius to end the situation.
P. 165: Oedipus meanwhile tries to but isn't very successful in finding clues for the murder.
P. 166: Oedipus later figures out that a thief had supposedly killed King Laius, but the Sphinx had stopped everyone from capturing the killer.
P. 167: Oedipus promises that he will find who the killer is and get revenge.
P. 168: The citizens of Thebes, are praying to the gods to seek help.
P. 169: The citizens of Thebes set forth their problems to the gods while praying.
P. 170: All that the citizens are doing is praying to the gods.
Literary Teachniques
1. Personification
"And black Death luxuriates in the raw, wailing miseries of Thebes." (p.160, line 37-38)
- This shows how death is coming to them.
2. Allusion
"The singing, riddling Sphinx." (P. 166, line 148)
-The Sphinx which is a mythological animal is said to have beeen killing and also eating people who could not solve her riddle, but Oedipus turned out to be the first one to solve it.
3. Metaphor
"Our ship pitches wildly, cannot lifet her head from the depths, the red waves of death..." (p.160, line 29-30)
- Describes how the city of Thebes is like a ship that is not under control, and shows how it is headed for doom.
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