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Author of Oedipus the King
Sophocles
Allusion
Reference to something an author thinks you should know (historical, literary)
Polybus
King of Corinth, Raised Oedipus as his adopted son
Merope
Queen of Corinth, Raised Oedipus as her adopted son
Priest
Realizes the city is dying and asks Oedipus to save Thebes
Oedipus
True son of Jocasta and Laius, Adopted son of Polybus and Merope, Later King of Thebes and Husband of
Jocasta
Apollo
God of Light, Music, Prophecy, and Truth; Sets the plague on Thebes
Old Shepherd/Servant
Was not able to kill Oedipus as a baby and gave him to the messenger from Corinth; The sole survivor of
Oedipus' killings
Jocasta
The true mother and wife of Oedipus, Queen of Thebes, Kills herself once she realizes the truth
Creon
Jocasta's brother, Oedipus' brother-in-law, Sent to the Oracle at Delphi to investigate the plague, Accused
by Oedipus, grants Oedipus's request and banishes him from Thebes
Tiresias
Blind prophet, Doesn't want to reveal the truth, Oedipus accuses him, he accuses Oedipus, and gives a
riddle to the audience that Oedipus has killed his father and married his mother
Messenger from Corinth
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