| Question |
Answer |
| Oedipus stands for | swollen foot |
| Tiresius | Blind seer |
| Where Oedipus thought he was from | Corinth |
| mother/wife | Jocasta |
| Purification or purging of emotions | Catharsis |
| O's bro-in-law | Creon |
| Excessive pride | Hubris |
| Told Oedipus news of his dad | Messenger |
| O's real father | Laius |
| Delphi | Where Apollo's oracle is |
| What it says at oracle of Delphi | Know theyself, nothing in excess, punishment is near |
| Reader knows things the characters don't | dramatic irony |
| Man Oedipus thinks is his dad | Polybus |
| Monster with riddle | Sphinx |
| walks on four in monring, two in afternoon, three in evening | man |
| Setting | Thebes |
| Condition of city during the play | a plague, barren, and death of crops, livestock, people |
| Who represents the town | Chorus |
| Murdered man | King Laius |
| punishment for killer | banishment |
| hanged | Jocasta |
| blinded | Oedipus |
| saved Oedipus | Shepherd |
| What acts are called | episodes |
| seeing place | theatron |
| when plays were acted | Festival of Dionysus |
| what the actors wore | robes (chitons), platform shoes (Cothurni), and masks |
| male | actors |
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