Oedipus Wrecks

What did Greeks use theater for?

• Religious Significance
• nothing
• worship
• god

What do you call a monster with a human head and chest, the body of a lion and eagle wings?

• Sphinx
• unicorn 
• dragon
• idk

What is a tragic hero?

• a hero
• an important and influential man that must suffer the consequences of his actions
• death

What does Oedipus mean ?

• bored
• ugly 
• name
• swollen foot

Oedipus left Corinth, the home of his youth, in an effort to avoid

• fulfilling a terrible prophecy

• having his ankles pinned together

• participating in the great war

• finding out the true identity of his parents

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Tiresias

• Blind prophet

• King of Thebes

• Oedipus' wife and mother

• Saved Oedipus from death

Laius

• Father of Oedipus

• Jocasta's brother

• Oedipus' daugther

• Adopted father of Oedipus

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Polybus

• Adopted father of Oedipus

• King of Thebes

• Father of Oedipus

• Brother of Jocasta

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With what does Oedipus stab out his eyes?

• his dagger
• Creon's sword
• Jocasta's brooches
• claws of the sphinx

Why is there a plague on the city of Thebes?

• The sphinx is back.
• Ares wants to invade
• The murder of Laius is unresolved.
• Murders are rampant throughout the city.

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