Oedipus review exam 2024 with complete solution.

Oedipus review exam 2024 with complete
solution.
Author of Oedipus the King

Sophocles

Allusion

Reference to something an author thinks you should know (historical, literary)

Polybus

King of Corinth, Raised Oedipus as his adopted son

Merope

Queen of Corinth, Raised Oedipus as her adopted son

Priest

Realizes the city is dying and asks Oedipus to save Thebes

Oedipus

True son of Jocasta and Laius, Adopted son of Polybus and Merope, Later King of Thebes and Husband of
Jocasta

Apollo

God of Light, Music, Prophecy, and Truth; Sets the plague on Thebes

Old Shepherd/Servant

Was not able to kill Oedipus as a baby and gave him to the messenger from Corinth; The sole survivor of
Oedipus' killings

Jocasta

The true mother and wife of Oedipus, Queen of Thebes, Kills herself once she realizes the truth

Creon

Jocasta's brother, Oedipus' brother-in-law, Sent to the Oracle at Delphi to investigate the plague, Accused
by Oedipus, grants Oedipus's request and banishes him from Thebes

Tiresias

Blind prophet, Doesn't want to reveal the truth, Oedipus accuses him, he accuses Oedipus, and gives a
riddle to the audience that Oedipus has killed his father and married his mother

Messenger from Corinth