Oedipus the King!
Characters
Sophocles
This is the author of the Play,
"Oedipus the King"
"Oedipus the King"
Laius
This the great grandson of Cadmus. He relieves a prediction from the Oracle of Apollo saying his son will kill him. Him and his wife send their son to be killed by a citizen by leaving his on a mountain.
Oracle of Apollo
This is where Laius receives a prediction of his son killing him.
Jocasta
This is the wife of Laius
Corinth
This is the city King Polybus and Queen Merope rule.
King Polybus
This is the man Oedipus was given to. (his adopted father)
Queen Merope
This is the woman Oedipus was given to. (his adopted mother)
Oedipus
This is Son of King Polybus and Queen Merope, original son of Laius and Jocasta. (Main character)
Thebes
This is the place where Jocatsa and Laius live, where Oedipus was born, and where the Sphinx attacks and kills anyone who cant answer the riddle.
Sphinx
This is the creature with the head of a woman and body of a lion who goes to Thebes and kills anyone who can't solve her riddle.
Antigone & Ismene
These are the daughters of King Oedipus and Jocasta
Eteocles & Polynices
These are the sons of King Oedipus and Jocasta
Creon
This is Oedipus' brother-in-law.