Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King
Oedipus Rex, what metaphor does Sophocles use in lines 25-26?
in oedipus rex what metaphor does Sophocles use in lines 25-26?
in oedipus rex what metaphor does Sophocles use in lines 25-26?
Lines 25 and 26 speak to the literal plague that affects the city, and which acts as a metaphor for the ‘pollution’ within it: namely Oedipus himself.
out of the depths, out of the bloody surf.
A blight is on the fruitful plants of the earth.
Oedipus Rex