Oedipus sends Creon to the oracle at Delphi to learn how to save Thebes. Creon reports that the city can only be saved by finding and punishing the murder of the previous king, Laius.
In the prologue of oedipus rex, <u>Creon</u> returns from delphi with a command from the oracle to find and punish the murderer of laius.
<u>Explanation:</u>
The king of the city Thebes, Oedipus sends Creon to the Oracle. The citizens of Thebes face a terrible fate in the form of plague. So, to find an end to it, Oedipus sends Creon for seeking a solution. He returns with a message to drive the Laius’s murderer out.
He insists that the murderer is staying in Thebes, and exiling him off the land will turn the city to a normal state. Therefore, Oedipus warns the people who are supporting the murderer and asks them to hand him over to the king.
