Prophecy

During this time I think Prophecies were easy to believe because they had nothing else to believe in besides the king and who was the king believing in at the time? Did they Believe in the Prophets"How terrible- to see the truth when the truth is inly pain to him who sees!"(Tiresias) or did they believe in there selfs like Oedipus does now? http://www.godandscience.org/apologetics/prophchr.html#4zXfEF62FvK8 This is a Prophet that shows all his Prophecies he made and they show that they actually came true.