Antigone

Question 1

Antigone

Answer 1

is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta, Oedipus’ mother

Sister who went against rules and wanted to bury Polyneices

Question 2

Ismene

Answer 2

The more famous is a daughter and half-sister of Oedipus, daughter and granddaughter of Jocasta, and sister of Antigone, Eteocles, and Polynices.

Question 3

Creon

Answer 3

best known as the ruler of Thebes in the legend of Oedipus

Question 4

Polyneices

Answer 4

(Not to be buried)

was the son of Oedipus and Jocasta. His wife was Argea. His father, Oedipus, was discovered to have killed his father and married his mother, and was expelled from Thebes, leaving his sons Eteocles and Polynices to rule. Because of a curse put on them by their father, Oedipus, the sons, Polynices and Eteocles, did not share the rule peacefully and died as a result by killing each other in a battle for the control of Thebes

Question 5

Eteocles

Answer 5

was a king of Thebes, the son of Oedipus and either Jocasta or Euryganeia

Question 6

Haemon

Answer 6

was the son of Creon and Eurydice

Question 7

Eurydice

Answer 7

was the wife of Creon, a king of Thebes. Kills herself after learning that her sons were killed, stabs herself in the heart

Question 8

Teiresias

Answer 8

Tiresias participated fully in seven generations at Thebes, beginning as advisor to Cadmus himself.