What is Oedipus Rex all about
At the beginning of the play, a group of people comprising of citizens of Thebes gather around the palace where king Oedipus resides. When the king notices this, he moves out of the palace and goes to the crowd to enquire of what is going on. He asks the priest who was in the crowd, why people were praying while crying at the same time and the priest informs him that a plague had befallen the people of Thebes and that is why they were praying to their gods to end it. He continued to explain that,...