Oedipus the King Character Map
By Lopez Esteban
Oedipus
The Biological Son Of Laius & Jocasta the adopted son of polybus & merope he later marries jocasta Oedipus is the king of thebes Oedipus killed his father married his mother and solved the riddle of the sphinx
Cadmus
who slew a dragon and was instructed to sow the dragon's teeth to form a city.
Sphinx
a winged monster with the head of a woman and the body of a lion who kills all who fail to answer her riddle. The riddle: what goes on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening
Laius
The trouble begins when Laius, the great grandson of Cadmus, receives a prediction from the Oracle of Apollo that his son will kill him. Thus, he and his wife Jocasta give their infant son to a servant to kill by abandoning it on a mountainside
Creon
Oedipus sends his brother-in-law, Creon, to the oracle of Apollo to ask how to lift this blight.
Jocasta
Jocasta gave their infant son to a servant to kill by abandoning it on a mountainside, and then later on she married him.
Antigone & Ismene
Antigone & Ismene were the two daughters of Jocasta and Oedipus
Corinth
Is the place were the childless king & queen live
Etocles & Polynices
Etocles & Polynices were the two sons of Jocasta and Oedipus
King Polybus
King Polybus was the king of Corinth and he adopted Oedipus because the king and queen couldn't have children
Oracle & Apollo
Thus And Jocasta were told by oracle and Apollo that their son would kill him
Sophocles
The play that Sophocles wrote is merely the very end of a long story
Thebes
The city of Thebes was founded by a man named Cadmus, who slew a dragon and was instructed to sow the dragon's teeth to form a city.
Queen Merope
Queen Merope was the queen of Corinth and her and her husband were the ones that adopted oedipus