This I could have done, to be sure, except I craved first to learn from the god all my duty.OedipusBut his pronouncement has been set forth in full—to let me perish, the parricide, unholy one that I am.CreonThus it was said. But since we have come to such a pass, it is better to learn clearly what should be done.OedipusWill you, then, seek a response on behalf of such a wretch as I?