some of the basics

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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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