Across
- 3. one believed to predict the future
- 4. adoptive mother of Oedipus
- 8. frequently referenced Greek god
- 9. kingdom cursed by an unspeakable crime
- 10. Oedipus title suffix
- 11. what Oedipus inflicts upon himself
- 14. provides background and context
- 15. king who adopted Oedipus
- 18. occupation of the man who saved Oedipus as an infant
- 19. the blind prophet
Down
- 1. writer of the play
- 2. the definition of a great wife *and* mother
- 5. slaughtered former king of Thebes
- 6. the one who delivers news
- 7. the punishment Oedipus vows to inflict on the perpetrator
- 12. a brother-in-law and uncle
- 13. Oedipus's kingdom
- 16. the teller of riddles
- 17. king of Greek gods