some of the basics
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| Flap 2 |
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| 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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