Oedipus the King Character Map
BY KELLY SANTOS
Oedipus
Oedipus is the biological son of Laius and Jocasta; he is the adopted son of Polybus and Merope. Oedipus is the king of Thebes. Married his mother and solved the riddle of the Sphinx.
Jocasta
Jocasta gave away her new born, then she got married to Oedipus and became queen of thebes. She later found out that her husband was her son so she hung her self.
The Oracle of Apollo
The temple where Laius received the prediction that his son will kill him.
Laius
selfish king of Thebes that only had one son because he was afraid that they would kill him. He fought Oedipus, his one and only son, Oedipus killed Laius and married Jocasta his mother. neither one of them knew that they were related.
Sophocles
The writer of the play "Oedipus the king" he wrote the end of a very long story.
Thebes
Thebes is a city next to the Nile river on Egypt. Cadmus was the founder of the city.
Cadmus
He killed a dragon and planted the dragon teeth on the ground and monsters grew from the teeth and killed each other until 5 were left.
Sphinx
the city of Thebes has a winged monster with the head of a woman and the body of a lion who kills all who fail to answer her riddle and Oedipus killed it.
Queen Merope
she was the queen of Corinth and she adopted Oedipus.
Orinth
It is where Oedipus was raised as an orphan/prince.
Creon
Oedipus's brother-in-law, he went to the oracle of Apollo and asked how to lift this blight
Eteocles and Polynices
the two kings that killed each other because they didn't wanted to take turns ruling also they are the two sons from Oedipus
Ismene
she is one of the daughters of Oedipus and she is the only one that lives.
Antigone
Antigone killed her self after being sent to a cave to die
King Polybus
King Polybus is the adopting parent of Oedipus.