Oedipus The king Character Map
Alejandra Morales
Oedipus
Oedipus was the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes. He killed his father & married his mother. His feet were pinned together as a baby.
Jocasta
She was the wife of King Laius, mother of Oedipus. She married Oedipus and had 2 children.
King Laius
Father of Oedipus. Killed by Oedipus. King of Thebes before Oedipus.
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived.
Thebes
Thebes is a city in Boeotia, central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myth, as the site of the stories of Cadmus,& Oedipus,
Cadmus
Cadmus was the son of Agenor and the brother of Europa. He was the founder of the city of Thebes.
Oracle of Apollo
A place priestess delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice
Corinth
The city where Oedipus Lived with his adopted parents.
King polybus
king polybus was the king of corinth. He adopted Oedipus as a baby.
Queen Merope
The Queen of Corinth, Wife to King Polybus, and they together adopted Oedipus after he was abandoned by his parents King Laius and Queen Jocasta from Thebes.
Sphinix
A sphinx is a mythical creature with,the body of a lion and a human head. I has the haunches of a lion.
Antigone & Ismene
The Daughters of Oedipus and Jocasta
Eteocles & Polynices
Sons of Oedipus and Jocasta
Creon
Oedipus’s brother-in-law.