Oedipus

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