Stasimon 2

Question 1

Chorus have changed support

Answer 1

Seem to have change support due to treatment of Creon and seem to think of Oedipus as a tyrant, they have heard events that make it seem likely that he is indeed the killer of Laius, they have heard Jocasta dismiss a prophecy of Apollo (not just Tiresias). They are anxious and try to distance themselves from the king

Question 2

What do they evoke

Answer 2

they Evoke the laws created by the gods
Song to Destiny, guide them always
Great Laws born for heaven, Olympian sky their only father

Question 3

PRide

Answer 3

Pride breeds the tyrant “violent pride, gorging, crammed to bursting”
“Clawing” up to the heights and then crashes down the abyss

Question 4

Strife

Answer 4

Healthy strife that makes the city strong
“I pray that god will never end that wrestling”
“God, my champion, I will never let you go” (seems like they are addressing Oedipus and their early reverence of him)

Question 5

If there is no reverence for the gods or holy things

Answer 5

If a man with no fear of justice, no reverence for the temples of the gods, let him be torn down by a rough doom, repay his pride
if he can’t restrain himself from outrage-mad, laying hands on the holy things untouchable (the incestuous marriage)

Question 6

If such a man can save his life from God

Answer 6

“Why join the sacred dance?”if a such a man can save his life from God, if such violence goes with honor now

Question 7

What will they do if these prophecies don’t come true

Answer 7

I won’t ever go reverent to Delphi again
Or other shrines/oracles
Unless these prophecies all come true

Question 8

They believe prophecy is decaying

Answer 8

The old oracles sent to Laius are dying
Nowhere Apollo’s glory
The gods go down.