The Plot
What is the prophecy of Oedipus?
What is... that he will kill his father and marry his mother.
Who is the blind oracle?
Who is... Teiresias
A GREAT exaggeration or overstatement
What is... hyperbole
Who is talking to who?
"since you have mocked my blindness, know that though you have eyes you cannot see how low you have fallen"
Who is... Teiresias talking to Oedipus
This group of people could not act on stage and perform Oedipus.
Who are... women
What is the answer to the riddle?
What is... man
Who was the king of Thebes prior to Oedipus?
Who is... Laius
Someone who gives prophesies (predicts the future)
Who is... an oracle
Who is talking?
"The Oracle at Delphi has spoken, but who is the man who took the blood of the king?"
Who is... the chorus
Where does Oedipus go before escaping to Thebes
Who was asked to take Oedipus to Mount Cithareon to die?
Who is... The Shepherd
What Jocasta do after learning she had married her son?
What is... kill herself
What is the significance of "where three roads meet"?
What is... the location where Oedipus killed his father
Who is talking to who?
"That was you who made Teiresias accuse me of Laius's death"
Who is... Oedipus talking to Creon
What does Oedipus request from Creon at the end of the play?
What is... to take care of his daughters
Oedipus accuses Teiresias and this person of trying to set him up.
Who is... Creon
This group comments on the actions within the play.
What is... chorus.
What does "Oedipus" mean?
"Swollen foot"
A murderer must be brought to justice.
The reason that citizens were asking for help in the beginning of the play.
What is... Thebes was under a plague
Oedipus planned to do what to the person who killed Laius.
What is... kill or banish?
How did Oedipus feel when he found out that King Polybus had died?
He was relieved.
Name the figurative language use:
"Let me walk humble in the paths of righteousness. Let my life be simple and full of awe for things divine. Let my tongue be free of arrogance. Let me never seek too much."
What is... Anaphora
Who is talking to who?
"You are so noble- I so low. I ask of you one thing... not for me but for you."
Who is... Oedipus talking to Creon
Why did Oedipus leave Corinth?
What is... he was afraid he would kill his father (King Polybus) and marry his mother (Queen Merope)