Who is reluctant to tell the truth; blindness
Tiresias
A victim of "dirty work at the crossroads"
Lauis
How many children did Oedipus have
Four
What theme runs throughout the play
Blindness
Who wrote Oedipus?
Sophocles
A monster; hard questions; riddle
Sphinx
King of Corinth
Ploybus
True or False- Oedipus was to become King of Corinth
True
Oedipus thinks Creon is a.......
Traitor
How is Creon related to Oedipus?
Uncle and brother-in-law
Foster mother of Oedipus
Merope
By play's end, king of Thebes
Creon
True or false- Jocasta was plotting with Creon to overthrow Oedipus.
Flase
What does Oedipus use to blind himself....
His wife's brooches
Man
A voice of reason from the people
Chorus
Attempting to discredit the oracles
Jocasta
The town Oedipus is King of
Thebes
Where the oracle of Apollo was located....
Delphi
The place Oedipus was taken as an infant and adopted.
Corinth
Has harbored a secret fro many years
Shepherd
Charged Creon with treason
Oedipus
What was needed to be done for the curse to be lifted from Thebes?
The person who killed Liaus had to be killed or banished.
The one who slays Jocasta
Jocasta
What does the word "REX" mean?
King