Across
- 2. The hero's adoptive mother
- 3. City where the hero was raised
- 6. The crime that the King and Queen were guilty of because they were married and had children
- 9. The hero chooses this as his punishment
- 11. Place where Laius was killed
- 13. Oedipus’s tragic flaw, often described as excessive pride
- 14. Term for a tragic downfall caused by a hero’s error
- 16. The hero's adoptive father
Down
- 1. Creature that holds the city captive through a riddle
- 3. The group in the play representing the people of the city
- 4. Blind prophet who reveals the truth
- 5. King who unknowingly fulfilled a tragic prophecy
- 7. Brother-in-law accused of treason
- 8. Oedipus’s wife and mother
- 10. Author of the play
- 12. The city plagued by a mysterious curse
- 15. The god whose oracle delivers the prophecy