People
People
Vocab
Plot
Plot
100

Who is reluctant to tell the truth; blindness

Tiresias 

100

A victim of "dirty work at the crossroads" 

Lauis

100

Originally, 50 men

Chorus

100

What theme runs throughout the play

Blindness

100

Who wrote Oedipus? 

Sophocles

200

A monster; hard questions; riddle 

Sphinx 

200

King of Corinth

Ploybus

200

The first actor

Thespis

200

Oedipus thinks Creon is a.......

Traitor 

200

How is Creon related to Oedipus? 

Uncle and brother-in-law

300

Foster mother of Oedipus 

Merope

300

By play's end, king of Thebes

Creon

300

God of harvest and wine

Dionysus

300

What does Oedipus use to blind himself.... 

His wife's brooches

300
What is the correct answer to the riddle of the Sphinx... 

Man

400

A voice of reason from the people

Chorus 

400

Attempting to discredit the oracles

Jocasta 

400

Boots work by Greek actors

Cothurni

400

Where the oracle of Apollo was located.... 

Delphi 

400

The place Oedipus was taken as an infant and adopted. 

Corinth

500

Has harbored a secret fro many years

Shepherd 

500

Charged Creon with treason

Oedipus

500

Headdresses work to make actors larger than life

Onkos

500

The one who slays Jocasta 

Jocasta 

500

What does the word "REX" mean? 

King

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