Sophocles, Oedipus the King (Oedipus Tyrannos)
PROLOGOS
: (before the Royal Palace in Thebes)OEDIPUS monologue 1-13
PRIEST solo 14-57
OEDIPUS and PRIEST dialogue 58-86
OEDIPUS and CREON dialogue 87-132
OEDIPUS solo 133-146
PRIEST solo 147-150
PARODOS
ENTRY of the CHORUS of OLD MEN OF THEBES
PRAYER TO ZEUS 151-216
EPISODE
OEDIPUS solo 217-275
OEDIPUS and CHORUS dialogue 276-299
OEDIPUS solo 300-315
TIRESIAS and OEDIPUS dialogue 316-379
OEDIPUS solo 380-404
TIRESIAS solo [freedom of speech] 405-427
TIRESIAS and OEDIPUS dialogue [prophecy] 428-461
STASIMON:
CHORUS, the affairs of men are unknowable, except to the gods; confidence in Oedipus, fear for Oedipus. 462-512
EPISODE
CREON and OEDIPUS dialogue (with Chorus) 513-582
EPISODE
CREON solo 583-615
CREON and OEDIPUS dialogue 618-633
CREON, OEDIPUS, JOCASTA 634-678
OEDIPUS and JOCASTA dialogue [retrospective] 679-77
OEDIPUS solo [recollections] 771-834
OEDIPUS and JOCASTA dialogue 835-863
STASIMON
CHORUS: LAW is from heaven; the pride of a TYRANT; ORACLES. 864-910
EPISODE:
JOCASTA and MESSENGER (ex-shepherd from Corinth) 911-949
EPISODE:
JOCASTA, OEDIPUS, MESSENGER 950-988
OEDIPUS and MESSENGER 989-1051
JOCASTA, OED,CHORUS ('son of Fortune') 1052-1086
STASIMON
:CHORUS: HYMN TO PHOEBUS APOLLO (Thebesand Oedipus) 1089-1109
EPISODE
OED, MESSENGER II (the Old Servant) 1110-1185
STASIMON:
CHORUS: No mortal man is blessed. Alas for Oedipus. 1186-1223
EPISODE:
OLD SERVANT and CHORUS 1224-1306
EPISODE
OEDIPUS and CHORUS (Apollo is responsible!) 1307-1369
OEDIPUS 1370-1415
OEDIPUS and CREON 1419-1523
EXODOS:
CHORUS 1524-1530
APOLLO AT DELPHI: ‘Know thyself!’ ‘Nothing in excess!’
Socrates of Athens: ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’
John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu
