OEDIPUS THE KING
Character Map
SOPHOCLES
Author that wrote this long tale about a man (Oedipus) who's fate was told to his father (Laius) that he will kill his father and marry his Mother (Jocasta)
THEBES
The city of King Laius and Queen Jocasta.
CADMUS
A human warrior who slayed a Dragon and took it's teeth to build and rise a city which later became Thebes.
LAIUS
The King of Thebes who went to the Oracle of Apollo the find his son's fate, and disapproved it and made a decision of killing his own son.
ORACLE OF APOLLO
A type of messenger that tells people their fate in life and no matter good, bad, worst or the best it must and will happen.
JOCASTA
Queen of Thebes and wife of King Laius which agreed to kill your son but soon marries her son.
CORNITH
The city where King Polybus and Queen Merope were when they received Oedipus, who the butler could not kill.
KING POLYBUS
Foster father of Oedipus and King of Corinth and Queen
QUEEN MEROPE
Wife of King Polybus and Foster mother of Oedipus
SPHINX
Huge monster that is the master of riddles and the only way to pass or beat her is being answering her riddle. And only one man killed her by doing so (Oedipus).
4 CHILDEREN
Children of Jocasta and Oedipus, brothers and sister of Oedipus, grandsons of Laius and Jocasta.
CREON
Bother-in-law of Oedipus and right hand man that help Oedipus through everything.