Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King

Oedipus

Why Sophocles introduced the chorus so early in the play Oedipus?

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Sophocles uses the Chorus at the start of the play to help inform the audience about the circumstances of the play...... to let us know what has been happening in Thebes.

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