<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Oedipus Rex </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Louis Bouwmeester as Oedipus in a Dutch production of Oedipus Rex , c. 1896 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written by </Th> <Td> Sophocles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chorus </Th> <Td> Theban Elders </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Characters </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Oedipus </Li> <Li> Priest </Li> <Li> Creon </Li> <Li> Tiresias </Li> <Li> Jocasta </Li> <Li> Messenger </Li> <Li> Shepherd </Li> <Li> Second Messenger </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mute </Th> <Td> Daughters of Oedipus ( Antigone and Ismene ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date premiered </Th> <Td> c. 429 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Place premiered </Th> <Td> Theatre of Dionysus , Athens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language </Th> <Td> Classical Greek </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Td> Theban Plays </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Tragedy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Setting </Th> <Td> Thebes </Td> </Tr> </Table>
<Table> <Tr> <Th colspan="2"> Oedipus Rex </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td colspan="2"> Louis Bouwmeester as Oedipus in a Dutch production of Oedipus Rex , c. 1896 . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Written by </Th> <Td> Sophocles </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Chorus </Th> <Td> Theban Elders </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Characters </Th> <Td> <Ul> <Li> Oedipus </Li> <Li> Priest </Li> <Li> Creon </Li> <Li> Tiresias </Li> <Li> Jocasta </Li> <Li> Messenger </Li> <Li> Shepherd </Li> <Li> Second Messenger </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mute </Th> <Td> Daughters of Oedipus ( Antigone and Ismene ) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Date premiered </Th> <Td> c. 429 BC </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Place premiered </Th> <Td> Theatre of Dionysus , Athens </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Original language </Th> <Td> Classical Greek </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Series </Th> <Td> Theban Plays </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Genre </Th> <Td> Tragedy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Setting </Th> <Td> Thebes </Td> </Tr> </Table>
who makes up the chorus in oedipus the king
who makes up the chorus in oedipus the king
Theban Elders
Theban Elders