Question

Read the following passage and answer the question. My children, latest generation born from Cadmus, why are you sitting here with wreathed sticks in supplication to me, while the city fills with incense, chants and cries of pain? … so I have come in person—I, Oedipus, whose fame all men acknowledge. … I shall assist you willingly in every way. I would be a hard-hearted man indeed, if I did not pity suppliants like these. Whom is Oedipus addressing? a crowd of Theban citizens himself Teiresias the protagonist

Answer 1

i think Oedipus is talking to the crowd cause if someone was to talk to others, he uses the word my children, and asking them why the are sitting, while the city fills,etc.. i think that is but i may e wrong

Answer 2

Answer: a crowd of Theban citizens.

In this passage, Oedipus is addressing a crowd of Theban citizens. We can tell this is the case by several words he uses in his speech, such as "my children" and "suppliants." This speech shows that Oedipus cares about his people and their troubles. It also shows that he pities them, and is willing to help them.