Oedipus the King Character Map
Manny Santa Cruz
Sophocles
The author of the playh
Thebes
Setting of the play
Cadmus
slew a dragon and sow the teeth of the dragons to form a city (Thebes)
Corinth
Servant could not kill the baby so gave to the childless king and queens of Corinth
King Polybus
King of Corinth adopted Laius (king of Thebes) son who was said to kill him
Queen Merope
Husband was King Polybus and adoptive mother of Oedipus
Eteocles & Polynices
The two sons of Oedipus and Jocasta
Creon
Stepson for Oedipus