In this episode the messenger came to Jocasta to tell her that Polybus is dead and Jocasta is saying to tell oedipus and she did.
Polybus is dead!
Be quick and run to the king with the news! Oracles of the gods, Where are you now? It was from this man Oedipus fled, and now he is dead- and not killed by oedipus!
Episode 4
Because Oedipus believes that Polybus was his father, and he didn't kill him prophesies cannot be true. He now believes he cannot be guilty of Laius murder. Also Oedipus is a good person; he did not want the prophesy to be true.
They prophesied that i should kill my father! But he is dead and buried deep in the earth. And i stand here never having raised a hand against him. The oracles, they are worthless!
What has a man to fear when life is ruled by chance, and the future is unknowable? The best way is to take life as it comes.
Jocasta realizes the truth and doesn't want Oedipus to keep seeking answers. Then when Oedipus was trying get someone to find answers. Jocasta ran away in horror.
Why has the queen gone in wild grief, Oedipus, rushing from us? I fear that from her silence will break a storm.
why ask of whom he spoke? Don't play it any attention. I beg you- do not hunt this out- I beg you, if you have any care for own life. What i am suffering is enough .
Take courage. If my mother was a slave... I must know the trust.