Oedipus the King Character Map
Clauida Lozano , Matthew Maley Jr. (Green)
Antigone
One of four children; daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta.
cadmus
Slayed a dragon and instructed to sow the dragons teeth to form a city; Founder of Thebes.
corinth
palace of childless king and queen
creon
Oedipus' brother-in-law; Uncle.
eteocles
1 of four children; 1st son of Oedipus and Jocasta.
ismeme
1 of four children; 2nd daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta
jocasta
jocasta is laius wife , she is also the mother of oedipus she also gave her son to a servant to kill and also married oedipus .she is also the queen of thebes
laius
Laius is the king of Thebes and also the great grandson of Camus. and he also receives a prediction from the oracle of apollo .that his son was gonna kill him he dosen't want that to happen so he gives a servant his son to kill him but his son still kills him .
merope
Merope is a childless queen of Corinth who adopted oedipus
polybus
a childless king of Corinth who adopted Oedipus but didnt tell him he was adopted
polynices
one son of four children of Jocasta and Oedipus
sophocles
wrote a play
sphinx
a monster with head of a women and body of a lion she didn't let anyone in or out of Thebes then she killed everyone who failed the riddle but Oedipus solved it and she killed her self
the oracle of apollo
it give people predictions like Laius that his son was going to kill him and Oedipus was going to kill his father and Creon that they needed to find the murder
thebes
a city ruled by Jocasta and Laius but now Jocasta and Oedipus it is also dying cause theirs a murder there
oedipus
Oedipus is the son of Laius and Jocasta but also the false son of queen Merope and Polynice he kills Laius and also marries Jocasta he becomes king of Thebes for killing the sphinx and has a mission to clean the city