Oedipus Characters
This man killed Laius.
Who is Oedipus?
The writer of the play Oedipus Rex
Who is Sophocles?
Another term for prayer
What is supplication?
This is how Oedipus becomes king of Thebes
He answers the Sphinx's riddle
Who is Jocasta?
The city that Oedipus grew up in
What is Corinth?
An epidemic sickness
What is a plague?
Oedipus was found like this as a babe
With his feet bound together, on a mountainside
The man that wanted to kill Oedipus as a baby
Who is Laius?
What is Thebes?
A wreath plant marking victory
What is a crown of laurel?
Oedipus killed his father and did this to his mother
He married her
The parents who raised Oedipus
Who are Merope and Polybus? (Queen and King of Corinth)
The meaning of Oedipus's name
What are "swollen feet"?
A person that can see or tell the future
What is a prophet?
True or False: the Chorus is a character in the story.
What is True?
Oedipus's brother-in-law/uncle
Who is Creon?
At the end of the tragedy, what happens to Oedipus?
He blinds himself with Jocasta's brooches.
When we know something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
Thebans believed this to be the reason for the city being cursed.
What is the murder of Laius?
The creature who guarded Thebes before Oedipus solved its riddle
Who is the Sphinx?
The topic of Oedipus's last speech
What is grief over his daughters' future?
A character who begins as a hero but has a flaw that causes their downfall
What is a tragic hero?
This happened at the place where 3 roads meet.
Laius was killed