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Oedipus Rex Study Guide

Oedipus Rex Study Guide. Characters and Places to know:. brother to Jocasta, sent to the Oracle of Delphi to learn how to save Thebes . Creon. location of the Oracle—source of how to save Thebes . Delphi.

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Oedipus Rex Study Guide

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  1. Oedipus Rex Study Guide

  2. Characters and Places to know:

  3. brother to Jocasta, sent to the Oracle of Delphi to learn how to save Thebes

  4. Creon

  5. location of the Oracle—source of how to save Thebes

  6. Delphi

  7. former king of Thebes (first husband to Jocasta); murdered before the play begins and murderer had not been found; birth father of Oedipus

  8. Laius

  9. part lion and part man; terrorizes Thebes after the death of King Laius, which distracted the people from finding the murderer

  10. Sphinx

  11. birth mother of Oedipus, Queen of Thebes, Oedipus is her 2nd husband

  12. Jocasta

  13. Oedipus’s birthplace; where he ends up as king

  14. Thebes

  15. leader of the Chorus; speaks on behalf of the chorus

  16. Choragos

  17. blind prophet who knows the truth about Oedipus and the prophecy

  18. Teiresias:

  19. where Oedipus grew up; thought this was his true home

  20. Corinth:

  21. the mountain where Oedipus was to be abandoned to die as a baby; where he exiled himself at the end.

  22. Mt. Kithiron:

  23. Know how to answer these questions (multiple choice format)

  24. Plague—when did it occur?

  25. before the play begins/as it opens;

  26. Plague—what was its cause?

  27. because the people did not find King Laius’s murderer

  28. Why was Oedipus angry with the people (hint: failed to do something….)

  29. because if the oracle had not commanded it, the people would have ignored their king’s muderer

  30. When Oedipus asks the prophet to reveal the name of the murderer, what is the prophet’s response?

  31. Although Teiesias knows the answer, it is better that no one else ever learns the truth

  32. Who does the prophet finally reveal as the murderer of King Laius?

  33. Oedipus

  34. Who does Oedipus accuse of being behind a plot to destroy him?

  35. Creon

  36. What is Oedipus’s reaction to hearing that Laius was killed in a place where three highways met?

  37. He remembers an altercation he once had in the same location

  38. What happened to the only surviving member of the attack on King Laius’s party?

  39. He begged Jocasta to send him as far from Thebes as possible

  40. Why had Oedipus fled Corinth many years before?

  41. an oracle told him that he would kill his father and marry his mother

  42. How does Oedipus react to the Corinthian messenger’s news?

  43. he is filled with relief

  44. Specifically, what is Oedipus afraid of in Corinth?

  45. He is afraid that he will be married to his mother and the two will bear children

  46. What revelation does the messenger make to Oedipus?

  47. Polybus was not Oedipus’s natural father

  48. How did Polybus come to raise Oedipus as his own son?

  49. The messenger had been given an infant found in the mountains and he gave the child to the king and queen

  50. Who identified the old shepherd as the man who spared the infant Oedipus?

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