When Oedipus arrived at the crossroads, he accidentally killed all the attackers. The reason for the plague is that Laius' killer was not punished. Laius was the ruler of Thebes before the current king Oedipus and was supposedly killed while traveling by a group of thieves. The gods of Delphi threaten that unless the murderer is caught and put on trial, Thebes will continue to suffer. This is the backdrop against which the entire drama takes place. The current king of Thebes, Oedipus, firmly resolves to find the murderer and prosecute him. He forbids his men from hiding any information about the man in question. The old prophet Tiresias is also summoned by Oedipus to be consulted on the matter, but his meeting with Tiresias takes a turn for the worse. Tiresias refuses to reveal anything to Oedipus because he is aware of the terrible fact that it was ignorant Oedipus himself who killed Laius and Laius was Oedipus' father and that he is married to his mother. He prefers to remain silent because he does not want to be the cause of Oedipus' ruin. Oedipus, on the other hand, interprets Tiresias' silence as a betrayal. He labels him a villain and a conspirator along with Creon. Later, an angry Tiresias leaves, warning that Oedipus will cause his own