The play Oedipus opens with the following speech by Oedipus: "My children, generations of living / In the line of Kadmos, nursed
at his ancient hearth: / Why have you strewn yourself before these altars / In supplication, with your boughs and garlands? / The breath of incense rises from the city / With a sound of prayer and lamentation." What is Oedipus’ attitude and tone in his speech?
