# Messenger — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Messenger in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Messenger One, Second Messenger, Messenger Friend

**First appearance:** 0002-oedipus-rex

## Who they are

Brings news from Corinth of Polybus's death and reveals Oedipus's true parentage.

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