Oedipus the King Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 4. The curse Thebes is under at the start of the play.
- 8. What Teiresias is referring to when he says, "That quality of yours now ruins you."
- 9. A group of characters who comment on the action & express opinions.
- 10. King of the Greek gods
- 13. What an official messenger is called.
- 15. Mountain range in Greece mentioned in the play by Teiresias.
- 18. Teiresias claims that Oedipus is the "accursed ____ of this land."
- 20. Jocasta's brother
- 21. Laius was murdered at the place where ____ ____ ____.
Down
- 1. What the Sphinx is famous for.
- 2. The wife of Oedipus
- 3. The physical ailment of Tiresias
- 5. The "cruel singer" who stumps people with riddles
- 6. The famous Oracle dwells here.
- 7. What Oedipus decrees will happen to Laius' murderer.
- 11. The city Oedipus is king of
- 12. A place or a person through which divine advice.
- 14. The god who both cursed the city and to whom they ask for help.
- 16. Who was king before Oedipus?
- 17. The "sole survivor" of the robbery/murder of Laius
- 19. Forecast of future events