Oedipus Summary

159 - People have come to pray and ask for help from Oedipus
160 - Priest asks him for help, the city is crumbling
161 - Although he isn't as great as the gods, he is powerful enough to help restore the city
162 - Oedipus has sent Creon to the oracle to learn how he can save the city
163 - creon has come back from the oracle, and he's about to announce what the gods said
164 - Creon says to cleanse the city from their troubles by banishing the murderer of Laius, a leader and avenging his death
165 - The murderer is in Thebes, and that he went to consult the oracle.
166 - Creon says that theives attacked and killed the king, but Oedipus is skeptical. The Sphinx stopped them from finding the killer
167 - Oedipus is worried that this killer will come and kill him as well, she he's sending the guards to find him
168 - The citizens of Thebes pray to the gods
169 - Continuing to pray the gods, they feel like Thebes is helpless and dying
170 - They continue to ask the gods to help them using their different powers