Oedipus Flashcards

1
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how many kids did jocasta have?

A

5

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2
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who officially revealed oedipus’s identiy for sure?

A

shepard

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3
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who took oedipus up the mountain?

A

shepard

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4
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who were oedipus’s real parents?

A

jocasta and lius

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5
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who was the author of oedipus?

A

sophocles

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6
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where was sophocles born?

A

colonus

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7
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when did sophocles win his first play writting award?

A

468 b.c. when he was 28

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8
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how many times did sophocles win 1st in play writting contests

A

no less than 18 times

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9
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plays written by sophocles?

A

123 but only 7 came to us

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10
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at the beginning of oedipus who is the ruler?

A

oedipus

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11
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oedipus is the king of what city?

A

thebes

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12
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what did his parents do to oedipus after hearing the prophecy?

A

drove pins into oedipus’s ankles and gave him to a shepard to take to mount cithaeron

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13
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who are oedipus’s adoptive parents? where were they from?

A

merope and polybus from corinth

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14
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what was terrorizing thebes?

A

the sphinx: bird, lion, woman

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15
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how do the people of thebes think lius was killed? why?

A

by a large band of robbers. b/c the guy who escaped didn’t want to be embaressed by saying only one man did all the damage

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16
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why does oedipus investigate lius’s death?

A

because whoever killed lius could also potentially harm him too

17
Q

who first says that oedipus was the killer?

A

tirisius b/c eodipus said that he had planned lius’s death and even possibly killed him himself if he wasn’t blind

18
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what is oedipus’s fatal flaw?

A

he has a temper and thinks alot of himself

19
Q

what happens to jocasta?

A

finds who truth about oedipus, hangs herself

20
Q

who is creon?

A

brother of jocasta, brother in law and uncle of oedipus

21
Q

what must be done to lift the plague on thebes?

A

find the murderer of lius and punish them

22
Q

what does oedipus was creon to do? what actually happens?

A

he begs creon to kill him but creon waits to see what the oracle of apollo says because he thinks its up to the gods to decide his fate

23
Q

what oracle does creon go to to figure out what to do about the plague?

A

oracle at delphi

24
Q

what does oedipus accuse creon of?

A

conspiring with tiriesias

25
what happens to oedipus in the end?
he is exilef from thebes
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what does tiresias say will happen to oedipus?
he will leave thebes a blind beggar
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what is the major conflict in oedipus?
when tiresias tells oedipus that he is the one responsible for the plaugue
28
what is the climax of oedipus?
when oedipus finds out he killed his dad and slept with him mom
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what is the theme of oedipus?
The power of unwritten law, the willingness to ignore the truth, the limits of free will