What are the effects of the colon and dashes used in Oedipus's speech?

Oedipus rex is an Athenian tragedy play that was written by Sophocles, which was performed in 429 BC.

Colon and dashes have significant effects on Oedipus speech.

A colon is use to introduce an element or elements to illustrates meaning. The colon in Oedipus speech introduce proclamation and shows pause as information is to be delivered to the audience for hearing and listening.

Dashes are use to emphasis statements or sentence.