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part of a trio of plays
oedipus the king
spokesperson of the greek god apollo
delphic oracle
author of oedipus
sophocles
queen of thebes, kills herself at the end
jocasta
murdered by his son
laius
causes the downfall of the hero
tragic flaw
crowned king at the end of oedipus
creon
a king with a secret in his past
oedipus
excessive pride
hubris
blind prophet
tiresias
a play with a sad ending
tradgedy
god of wine and ferility
dionysus
the ppl of thebes think oedipus can save them from the plague bc
he is their king and hero
to rescue thebes from the plague, laius' murder must be found and either
killed or exiled
tiresias can be described as a
blind seer of the future
oedipus can be described as
stubborn and persistant to the truth
what way does oedipus typify the protagonist of a tragedy
he is the son of the king
when oedpis killed laius and his men, he proved that
pride and anger ruled everything he did
jocasta's faith in oedipus mostly comes from her..
ignorance that the oedpus was saved
in oedipus, the chorus is
a group of old men
great trojan warrior
hector
trojan prince who loved helen
paris
blind author of illiad
homer
wore achilles armor, killed by hector
patroclus
woman for whom a war was faught
helen
best greek warrior
ahilles
achilles prize, hector's cousin
briseis
king- visists achilles to ask for mercy
priam
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Card Set
ENGLISH FINAL
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Updated
2012-05-07T21:12:53Z
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