Play: Oedipus

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Oedipus is born a noble prince to Laius, the third king of Thebes, and his wife Jocasta. But out of fear of the cursed prophecy that the child will kill his father and marry his mother, Laius has him cast out on the mountainside. Saved by a shepherd's quick thinking and raised as the adopted son of the king of Corinth, he later happens to rescue Thebes from the threat of the Sphinx and is hailed as king—and marries Queen Jocasta. Years pass, and Thebes is afflicted by plague and drought. When it is revealed that all this calamity is tied to the death of the late king Laius, Oedipus seeks out the blind prophet Tiresias in his hunt for the murderer… 주최: 세종문화회관