Oedipus
Greek mythology
Sophocles
Sophocles is is one of three ancient Greek tragedians who wrote a famous play, Oedipus.
Thebes
Thebes is a city in Boeotia, central Greece in which was a big role in Greek myth.
Cadmus
Cadmus founded the city of Thebes, the acropolis of which was originally named Cadmeia in his honour. Cadmus also slew a dragon and was instructed to burry the dragons teeth to form a city.
Laius
Laius is the great grandson of Cadmus, a king of Thebes, slain by his son Oedipus in fulfillment of an oracle, Oracle of Apollo.
Oracle of Apollo
The oracle at Delphi where a female priest of a non- Christian religion said to be delivering messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous.
Jocasta
Jocasta was a legendary queen of Thebes, wife of Laius and the mother of Oedipus who unknowingly married her own son.
Corinth
Corinth is a city and former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece, located approximately 5 kilometers northeast of the ancient ruins.
King Polybus
King Polybus was the king of Corinth and husband of Merope. He raised Oedipus as his adopted son, who had been abandoned by his parents Laius and Jocasta.
Queen Merope
Queen Merope was the queen of Corinth and wife of king Polybus who adopted a baby found by shepherds, and then name him Oedipus.
Oedipus
Oedipus was the son of King Laius and Queen Jocasta. Laius wished to prevent a prophecy stating that his child would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother. Therefore, he fastened the infant's feet together with a large pin and left him to die on a mountainside. The baby was found by shepherds and raised by King Polybus and Queen Merope in the city of Corinth. On his way leaving the Thebes after finding out the prophecy that he would grow up to murder his father and marry his mother, he found that the king of the city (Laius) had been recently killed and that the city was at the mercy of the Sphinx. Oedipus was the only was whom answered "the monsters" riddle which resulted in the monster killing herself whenever the riddle was answered.
Sphinx
Sphinx was a mythical creature with the body of a lion, a human head, the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman who was ruthless and duplicitous . Those who cannot answer her riddle suffer a fate as they are killed and eaten by this famished monster.
Antigone
One of the two daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta, who then end up in a happy marriage.
Ismene
Second of the two daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta, who then end up in a happy marriage.
Eteocles
One of the two sons of Oedipus and Jocasta.
Polynices
The second, of two sons of Oedipus and Jocasta.
Sphinx's riddle
Riddle: "What goes on four feet in the morning, two feet at noon, and three feet in the evening?"
Answer: A man—who crawls on all four legs as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick in old age.
Answer: A man—who crawls on all four legs as a baby, then walks on two feet as an adult, and then uses a walking stick in old age.
Greek Mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and teachings that belong to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. It was a part of the religion in ancient Greece. Modern scholars refer to and study the myths in an attempt to throw light on the religious and political institutions of Ancient Greece and its civilization, and to gain understanding of the nature of myth-making itself.
Oedipus
Meaning "twisted foot" .