Oedipus the King Background and Part I
Across
- 2. Thebes must find who murdered this person
- 5. founder of Thebes
- 6. Greek goddess of the moon and the hunt
- 9. plead to the gods because of their agony and despair
- 11. Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle
- 13. offered to the gods by those asking favors from them
- 14. Oedipus' father's name
- 16. blind prophet
- 20. the three plays written by Sophocles
- 21. how King and Queen of Thebes found out about their baby
- 23. playwright of Oedipus the King
- 25. number of years after Oedipus defeats Sphinx and becomes king
- 27. lion body, bird wings, woman head
- 28. what Oedipus calls his people
- 29. Greek god of ecstasy
Down
- 1. the people of Thebes are trying to get help for this affecting their city
- 3. humble prayer or request
- 4. answer to the riddle that Oedipus answers
- 7. guards Thebes and asks riddles
- 8. Greek god of the sky
- 10. type of irony used that the reader knows Oedipus is the killer but the characters don't
- 12. color worn by the rich
- 15. Oedipus kills this man on his travels
- 17. Greek goddess of wisdom, war, and crafts
- 18. what the Chorus needs to believe Teiresias' words
- 19. Oedipus' mother's name
- 22. where the couple who adopted Oedipus were from
- 24. Oedipus sent Creon here to get help for the plague
- 26. Greek goddesses of vengeance