WHATS THAT WORD
CHARACTERS
STORY LINE
GREEK DRAMA
100
MYTHICAL CREATURES THAT GUARDED THE CITY OF THEBES
SPHINX
100
BLIND PROPHET
Teiresias
100
THE DRUNKEN MAN TELLS OEDIPUS A SECRET
HE IS NOT THE TRUE SON OF HIS FATHER
100
END OF A GREEK PLAY
EXODUS
200
EPIDEMIC ILLNESS
PLAGUE
200
OEDIPUS ADOPTIVE PARENTS
POLYBUS AND MEROPE
200
FINAL OUTCOME FOR OEDIPUS
GAUGES HIS EYES OUT AND BANISHES HIMSELF FROM THEBES
200
THE CHORAGUS COULD DO THIS BUT THE CHORUS COULDN'T
**DAILY DOUBLE** SPEAK TO THE ACTORS
300
TRAGIC FLAW
HAMARTIA
300
JOCASTA'S HUSBAND AND SON
OEDIPUS
300
THIS PERSON DIES FROM SUICIDE
JOCASTA
300
THE CHORUS "LESSONS" ARE SPEAKING TO WHO
THE PEOPLE
400
EXCESSIVE PRIDE
HUBRIS
400
KILLER OF KING LAUIS
OEDIPUS
400
THIS CONVINCES JOCASTA THAT THE PROPHECY TURNED OUT TRUE
HEARING THE MESSENGER SAY THAT SHE FOUND HIM WITH HIS ANKLES BOUND
400
ONLY THIS MANY ACTORS IN A PLAY
THREE
500
EMOTIONAL CLEANSING
CATHARSIS
500
GREEK GOD OEDIPUS SENDS HIS BROTHER IN LAW TO ASK WHO KILLED THE PREVIOUS KING
APOLLO
500
TRIES TO CONVINCE OEDIPUS TO FORGET ABOUT FINDING OUT HIS TRUE PARENTS
JOCASTA
500
GREEK THEATRE WAS INVENTED WHILE HONORING THIS GOD
DIONYSUS