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Tragic Hero Cycle
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I am the hero of Thebes because 20 years ago I answered the riddle of the Sphinx
Who is Oedipus?
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The prophecy that was told to Laius and Jocasta.
What is you will have a son who will kill his father and marry his mother?
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Creon has traveled to the oracle because of this request.
What is Oedipus's search for the cause of the plague?
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Oedipus tells Creon that he does not want Creon banished, he wants this done instead.
What is have Creon killed?
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Oedipus's tendency to jump to conclusions.
What is Oedipus's hamartia?
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I have been Oedipus's best friend and right-hand man up until this point.
Who is Creon?
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The mountain where Oedipus was supposed to be left to die.
What is Mt. Cithearon?
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You must find the murderer of Laius and banish him from Thebes.
What is the solution to the plague according to the oracle?
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Oedipus remembers he was at the crossroads when he hears this.
What is Jocasta's retelling of Laius's murder?
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Oedipus threatening to kill both Tiresias and Creon is further evidence of this.
What is Oedipus's hamartia?
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I am Oedipus's wife.
Who is Jocasta?
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The place where Oedipus and Laius fought.
What is the crossroads at Delphi?
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When pressed, this is the "truth" that Tiresias reveals to Oedipus about the murder of Laius.
What is Oedipus is the murderer?
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Jocasta does not believe in these.
What are prophecies and/or prophets?
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Oedipus cursing the murderer in front of the town is evidence of this.
What is peripetiea?
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I see everything Apollo sees and I alone know the entire truth...for now.
Who is Tieresias?
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Because a person who was drunk told Oedipus that Polybus and Merope were not really his parents.
What is the reason that Oedipus went to Apollo's oracle?
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This was Tiresias's prophecy for Oedipus (two things).
He would go blind and live out his life in agony?
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This is the one person that can reveal the truth about the murder of Laius.
What is the herdsman?
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Oedipus remembering that he was at the crossroads and murdered a man similar to Laius's description is an example of this.
What is anagnorisis?
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We adopted Oedipus when a shepherd from our country brought him to us.
Who are Polybus and Merope?
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The answer was Man.
What is the answer to the riddle the Sphinx was asking?
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Oedipus has this reaction to the news Tiresias tells him about the plague and the murder.
What is Oedipus curses Tiresias and accuses Tiresias and Creon of being part of a plot to kill Laius?
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They order the gods to reveal all of the prophecies or they will no longer believe in them.
What is the chorus?
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Jocasta's explanation of the "death" of her son is another example of this.
What is peripetia?