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51
la this way the lead®? exchanges sentiments with Glytearaestra
and Aegis thus about the murder which the la at two mentl oned
have just coamltted.4®
Cassandra, the prophetess, does about the same for
Aeschylus* play as she does for Seneca's. She Is an organic
part of the play. Aesthetically, too, she prepares the aud-
ience for the murder of Agamemnon and herself, a ad she la a
link In the catastrophe, a strong motive for murder, because
Olytemmestra is Jealous of her.
In Sophocles* Oedipus the King, the function of the
ehorus, made up of old men of the fheban state, 1 chiefly ■
lyrical, and It does little sore than to eeho the sentiments
which it hears•
Telresias, however, Is particularly Important In this
play. His message contains the key to the catastrophet
through hla Is brought about the discovery and recognition
of Oedipus as the unknown offender against the state of Thebes.
The proof of Telresias* pronouncement ewes, of course, when
the Corinthian shepherd attempts to remove all suspicions
from Oedipus' mind that he might still defile his mother1s
bed.SO in attempting to do this, the shepherd divulges the
old secret that Oedipus is the son of Lalua who was supposed
to have been destroyed in infancy.
49Ibid,, 29. ^Oedipus the King. 45.
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Branch, James Wesley. The Messenger in Shakespeare, thesis, May 1955; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130421/m1/34/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .