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

ENTRY of the CHORUS of OLD MEN OF THEBES
PRAYER TO ZEUS 151-216

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

CHORUS, the affairs of men are unknowable, except to the gods; confidence in Oedipus, fear for Oedipus. 462-512

CREON and OEDIPUS dialogue (with Chorus) 513-582

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

CHORUS: LAW is from heaven; the pride of a TYRANT; ORACLES. 864-910

JOCASTA and MESSENGER (ex-shepherd from Corinth) 911-949

JOCASTA, OEDIPUS, MESSENGER 950-988
OEDIPUS and MESSENGER 989-1051
JOCASTA, OED,CHORUS ('son of Fortune') 1052-1086

CHORUS: HYMN TO PHOEBUS APOLLO (Thebesand Oedipus) 1089-1109

OED, MESSENGER II (the Old Servant) 1110-1185

CHORUS: No mortal man is blessed. Alas for Oedipus. 1186-1223

OLD SERVANT and CHORUS 1224-1306

OEDIPUS and CHORUS (Apollo is responsible!) 1307-1369
OEDIPUS 1370-1415
OEDIPUS and CREON 1419-1523

CHORUS 1524-1530

APOLLO AT DELPHI: ‘Know thyself!’ ‘Nothing in excess!’

Socrates of Athens: ‘The unexamined life is not worth living.’