Oedipus
Paul Tempelton
Thebes
The city of Thebes was found by a man named Cadmus. Cadmus slew a dragon and sow the teeth to form a city . These teeth sprang a race of giants who were angry and armed. They fought until only five man were left and those five man became the fathers of Thebes
Sophocles
Sophocles Is A man who wrote a play that some plot background must be provided to make the story more understandable for the audiences
Sphinx
Sphinx Is a city were a winged monster with a head of a woman and the body of a lion who kills all that doesn't answer her riddles . The only man who can answer her riddle was Oedipus
Queen Merope
Queen Merope is married to king polybus . The Queen and her husband was given a child who was going to be killed by a slave but the slave didn't have the hurt to kill the baby so he gave it to the King and Queen They name there child Oedipus meaning twisted foot because they pierced his feet with a iron pin
Oracle of Apollo
The Oracle of Apollo is how Laius found out his son was going to kill him . The oracle give predictions of what's going to happen in the future or hints
Oedipus the son of Laius and Jocasta but was given away because Laius found out Oedipus was going to kill him . Adoptive parents King polybus and Queen merope who name him Oedipus
Laius
Laius the grate son of Cadmus and wife of jocasta . Laius who receives a prediction from the oracle of Apollo that his own son was going to kill him , So he gave his child to a servant to be kill but the servant didn't have the hurt to so he gave it to another family
Creon
Creon was sent by his brother in law Oedipus to the oracle of Apollo to ask how to lift this blight , as the play opens the answer comes back ' find Laius killer and banish him from thebes
King polybus
King polybus was given a child from a slave who was supposed to kill the child but he didn't have the hurt to . So king polybus and his wife Queen merope names the child Oedipus and raised him
Jocasta
Jocasta and her husband gave their infant son to a servant to be killed by abandoning it on the mountainside. But the servant didn't have the hurt to
Antigone and Ismene
daughters of Oedipus and jocasta , Antigone and Ismene also have two brothers named Eteocles and Polynices
Eteocles and Polynices
Sons of Oedipus and Jocasta and also have two sisters named Antigone and Ismene
Corinth
Corinth Were king polybus and Queen merope lived with their child Oedipus
Cadmus
Cadmus was the man who found Thebes and who slow the dragon and sow the teeth to from a city