Fate and Prophecy in Oedipus Rex In the Greek play, “Oedipus Rex” by Sophocles Fate and Prophecy play an integral part of the building of this classic Greek Tragedy. Prophecies and the fate that accompany them surround the main characters of this play. Oedipus the newly founded King of Thebes is in search of the murderer of the previous king before him. Oedipus is not aware that he has killed the old king who was also his father. Now he is married to his mother and he is surrounded by the prophecy he was forewarned of by the blind prophet Tieresias. The beginning of this play introd