Oedipus The King Character Map
Sophcles
He is the person who came up with "Oedipus The King"
Polybus & Merope
Polybus and Merope are the king and queen of Corinth. they adopt Oedipus from the servant
laius
He was the a King who was married to Jocasta.he was the great grandson of Cadmus he was also killed by his son oedpius
Jocasta
She was the wife of Laius and give their infant son to a servant to kill by abandoning it on a mountainside. later on not knowing that the guy she marries is her son and has 4 kids with him
Antigone & Ismene
Antigone and Ismene are the two daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta
Oracle of Apollo
The Oracle of Apollo gives Laius information that his son Oedipus will later on kill him if he doesnt kill him as a baby
Corinth
Corinth is the place that was ruled by king polybus and queen merope
Sphinx
a winged monster with the head of a woman and the body of a lion who kills all in Thebes who fails to answer her riddle. The riddle: what goes on four legs in the morning, two in the afternoon, and three in the evening?
Oedipus
he is the son of Laius and Jocasta and is the adoptive son of Polybus and Merope. he also kills Laius and marries his birth mother jocasta without knowing and has four kids with her.
Eteocles and Polynices
Eteocles and polynices are the two sons of jocasta and oedipus.
Creon
he is Oedipus brother-in-law that is sent
to the oracle of Apollo to ask how to lift this blight.
to the oracle of Apollo to ask how to lift this blight.