Characters of Oedipus
Thebes
The place were Laius was killed years later after the prediction.
Corinth
The place where King Polybus and Queen Merope rule.
The Oracle of Apollo
The place where the prediction of Laius death came from.
Sophocles
The person who wrote 'Oedipus the King'.
Laius
The husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus
Queen Jocasta
She is the wife of Laius and mother of Oedipus but later becomes Oedipus's wife.
King Polybus
He is the husband of Queen Merope and ruler of Corinth
Queen Merope
She is the wife of King Polybus and ruler of Corinth.
Sphix
A winged monster with the head of a woman and the body of a lion who fail to answer her riddle.
Ismene and Antigone
The two daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta
Eteocles and Polynices
The two sons of Oedipus and Jocasta.
Oedipus
The child of Laius and Jocasta and adoptive child King Polybus and Queen Merope. He is also proclaimed the savior of Thebes.
Creon
The brother-in-law of Oedipus who was sent by Oedipus to the Oracle of Apollo to ask how to lift this blight.