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OEDIPUS
some of the basics
| 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 "good" news of his dad | Messenger |
| O's real father | Laius |
| Delphi | Where Apollo's oracle is |
| Delphic Morality | 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, City of Light |
| 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 when he was a child | 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 |
| O' sacred city, O' sweetly worded voice is an example of ... | apostrophe |
| Light vs darkness/sight vs blindness means | knowledge vs ignorance, an archetype |
| prologue | opening, introduction |
| father of drama | Thespis |
| stasimon | choral ode at end of each episode |
| exodos | final action |
| skene | where costumes were changed and where background is displayed |
| strophe | chorus moves from right to left |
| antistrophe | chorus moves from left to right |
| Outcast | because of "sins" he is banished and has to wander from place to place |
| has noble birth, raised away from home, not sure of his family, returns and saves kingdom, suffers great tragedy, has flaw | Hero |
| Scapegoat | blamed for the sins of others |
| Know thyself, Nothing in Excess, Punishment is near | Delphic Morality |
| search for some "thing" or knowledge that will retore the kingdom | the Quest/Journey |
| stichomythia | rapid back and forth dialogue |
| Connotation | the suggested meaning behind a word, ex. shrimp meaning small |
| an expressing that can't be translated word-for-word in another lanugage | idiom, ex. I'm sitting at the crib chillin'. |
| words, phrases, and events are pleasing to the ear, ex. She screamed loudly, tore at her hair, and hanged herself. | Magic three |
| O's fake mom | Merope |
| Parodos/ode | First thing the chorus sings |
| prologue | opening scene |
| Sophocles | author |
Created by:
housej
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