Oedipus
Across
- 3. Word meaning swollen foot
- 7. tragic mistake
- 9. Symbol of fate (where these come together)
- 11. recognition
- 12. Riddle solved by Oedipus
- 13. sung dialogue between actor and the chorus (at moments of heightened emotion)
- 14. Actor singing alone in a play (at moments of distress/intensity)
- 15. Oedipus’ true father
- 18. Oedipus’ true birth place
- 19. Reversal (change of fortune for the hero)
Down
- 1. Oedipus’ adoptive father
- 2. Aristotle believes this is a mark of a good tragedy
- 4. purging of emotions (controversial translation)
- 5. Single alternating lines that build conflict and tension
- 6. Oedipus’ assumed birth place
- 8. Name for the debate between Tiresias and Oedipus
- 10. Who introduced the third tragic actor
- 16. Chorus appear to pray to him at the beginning of the play
- 17. Where Creon goes for the oracle