Oedipus Flashcards
how many kids did jocasta have?
5
who officially revealed oedipus’s identiy for sure?
shepard
who took oedipus up the mountain?
shepard
who were oedipus’s real parents?
jocasta and lius
who was the author of oedipus?
sophocles
where was sophocles born?
colonus
when did sophocles win his first play writting award?
468 b.c. when he was 28
how many times did sophocles win 1st in play writting contests
no less than 18 times
plays written by sophocles?
123 but only 7 came to us
at the beginning of oedipus who is the ruler?
oedipus
oedipus is the king of what city?
thebes
what did his parents do to oedipus after hearing the prophecy?
drove pins into oedipus’s ankles and gave him to a shepard to take to mount cithaeron
who are oedipus’s adoptive parents? where were they from?
merope and polybus from corinth
what was terrorizing thebes?
the sphinx: bird, lion, woman
how do the people of thebes think lius was killed? why?
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