Notable Quotables
“Anger has always been your greatest sin!”
Who is Creon?
Oedipus claims that his future burial will grant this city divine protection.
She first arrives at Colonus bringing news that a power struggle has erupted between Oedipus's sons.
Who is Ismene?
Theseus swears to ___________ that he will never reveal his death.
What is Oedipus?
This character attempts to force Oedipus back to Thebes by abducting his daughters.
What is Creon?
“Suffering and time, vast time, have been instructors in contentment.”
Instead of being shameful, he blames his prophecy on this.
Throughout the play, this daughter acts as Oedipus's guide, protector, and closest companion.
Who is Antigone?
Theseus rescues Oedipus's daughters after they are seized by this Theban statesman.
Who is Creon?
Instead of a blessing, Oedipus predicts this fate for Polyneices and Eteocles.
What is the death/disappearance of Oedipus?
“Not to be born surpasses thought and speech.”
Who is Chorus?
The symbols that tell Oedipus that he will die soon.
Ismene warns that Creon plans to settle Oedipus near Thebes, but he may not cross this
What is the Border?
Sophocles uses Theseus primarily to represent the virtues of this city-state.
Polyneices comes seeking this from his father before marching against Thebes.
What is support?
“While I’m away, my name will be your shield.”
Who is Theseus?
Oedipus compares his sons to the men of this land, who sit indoors weaving while the women attend to business.
What is Egypt?
Antigone begs Polyneices to withdraw his troops to this city.
What is Argos?
Theseus is interrupted while sacrificing to this god, the patron of Colonus.
Who is Poseidon?
Polyneices tells Oedipus his army has this many columns, under this many captains, encircling Thebes.
You go with open eyes to death!”
Who is Antigone?
Oedipus is baffled when his daughters bring him to the grove, but the Stranger explains it belongs to these goddesses, whom locals call “Gentle All-seeing Ones
Who are the Euminides
After Oedipus's death, these sisters return toward a city doomed by their brothers' rivalry.
What is Thebes?
Theseus grants Oedipus this status in Athens: “I declare him” one
The play begins when Oedipus unknowingly enters this sacred grove.
What is the Grove of the Eumenides?