Antigone & Oedipus Rex Crossword Puzzle!

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  1. 4. In the beginning of the play, what does Oedipus think the prophet’s claims about him are?
  2. 8. Who knows about life in the future?
  3. 9. What city does most of this take place (where Oedipus was born)?
  4. 11. According to Creon, “a fortune won is often ___.”
  5. 15. Synonym for chaos and evil.
  6. 17. Who’s son of Creon?
  7. 21. According to Chorus, what’s the most unconquerable force?
  8. 23. What carrion animals could eat up Polyneices’ body as meal?
  9. 24. Creon buries one of Antigone’s brothers. Who?
  10. 25. Antigone tells Ismene that she should prove whether she’s a true sister or ___ to their family.
Down
  1. 1. How can Teiresias be best described?
  2. 2. What does Haimon commit after finding out Antigone dies?
  3. 3. Who did Antigone follow?
  4. 5. How are Antigone and Ismene related?
  5. 6. “All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is ___.”
  6. 7. Who killed Antigone (indirectly)?
  7. 10. What’s the answer to one of the Sphinx’s riddles that Oedipus was asked to solve/answer?
  8. 12. What can the play be best classified as?
  9. 13. What happens to Oedipus after he’s blinded himself?
  10. 14. According to the messenger, “no man can foretell his ___.”
  11. 16. Earlier, who does Oedipus claim to be his father?
  12. 18. Who’s the biological mother of Oedipus?
  13. 19. What does Oedipus end up doing with his biological father?
  14. 20. Who wrote Antigone and Oedipus Rex?
  15. 22. Who first discovers that Antigone tries to bury her brother?