Oedipus the King

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Across
  1. 3. Oedipus's other self-punishment
  2. 7. gained by tragic heroes at the end of the play
  3. 9. the beginning of all Greek tragedies
  4. 13. at fault for his own downfall in a Greek tragedy
  5. 14. created separation of scenes in Greek tragedies
  6. 16. cause of Polybus's death
  7. 17. Teiresias's occupation
  8. 18. city the messenger comes from
  9. 20. worn by all actors in Greek tragedies
  10. 22. doesn't follow the orders of his king and queen
  11. 24. suspected killers of Laius
  12. 25. commits suicide after Oedipus defeats her
  13. 26. mother who REALLY loves her son
  14. 28. wrote Oedipus the King
  15. 29. not really Oedipus's father
  16. 30. The shepherd is the last surviving________of Laius's murder
Down
  1. 1. what Oedipus accuses Creon of after he talks to Teiresias
  2. 2. not really Oedipus's mother
  3. 4. setting of the play
  4. 5. identifies the Shepherd as the one who took pity upon baby Oedipus
  5. 6. used to blind Oedipus
  6. 8. indirectly causes the plague
  7. 10. how Oedipus feels upon initially receiving the messenger's news
  8. 11. related in two ways to Oedipus
  9. 12. detail of Jocasta's story that makes Oedipus realize he may be the killer
  10. 15. where Creon has been sent at the beginning of the play
  11. 18. mountain upon which baby Oedipus was found and later lives
  12. 19. blind man who accuses Oedipus
  13. 21. delivers the news that Oedipus's mother/wife is dead
  14. 23. number of speaking actors in Greek tragedies
  15. 27. Greek god of wine and fertility