The dramatic structure used byin is essentially the same
five-part structure found in tragic plays written by other ancient Greek playwrights, including
Aeschylus and Euripides.
Prologos. The play opens with a
prologos () which is the first entrance of one or more actors in the play.
These actors provide "" (background information) on the play for the audience
(although the audience is very familiar with the myths and legends on which the play is based),
and they set the play in motion.
In Rex, a Priest
appeals to Oedipus, King of Thebes, on behalf of the Theban people who are suffering from a
drought and plague.returns from the Oracle at Delphi to report that Apollo commands that in
order for the drought and plague to be lifted, Thebans must find and banish from Thebes the
murderer of their former King, Laius. Oedipus vows to do so.
Parodos. Following the
prologos, theenters, dancing and singing the paradosa
choral ode. Thein
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