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| 7840812703 | Oedipus | The King of Thebes. He is the true son of Jocasta and Laius but his adopted parents are Polybus and Merope who were given Oedipus by The Messenger. He was originally born in Thebes, was sent to die on the Hill of Cithaeron, and grew up in Corinth. He also solved the Sphinx riddle, which allowed him to gain the throne when he first came back to Thebes as an adult. | 0 | |
| 7840812704 | Jocasta | Oedipus' mother who mothered four of his children as well. She was the Queen of Thebes that ruled with Laius and is the one who was said to have given Oedipus up to the Shepherd to die on the Hill of Cithaeron. She kills herself in her room by hanging herself. Her brooches are what Oedipus uses to gauge his eyes out. | 1 | |
| 7840812705 | Laius | Oedipus' father who was the one who originally obtained the prophecy Oedipus fulfills. | 2 | |
| 7840816113 | Tiresias | The blind prophet that Oedipus accuses of being an accomplice of trying to over throw him with Creon. Tiresias correctly tells the fate of Oedipus and the argument Tiresias and Oedipus share have a lot of dramatic irony as well as foreshadowing and motifs. | 3 | |
| 7840820017 | The Messenger | From Corinth, where Oedipus grew up, and was the man who brought Oedipus to Corinth and gave him to Polybus and Merope. He identifies the Shepherd and also tells Oedipus the news about his fathers death. | 4 | |
| 7840822592 | The Shepherd | The man that was given Oedipus to put on the Hill of Cithaeron. Out of pity he gave Oedipus to the Messenger hoping that he would take Oedipus far away from Thebes allowing him to never fulfill the prophecy. He is the one who allows Oedipus to finally realize he is the one in the Prophecy. | 5 | |
| 7840828742 | Creon | He is the brother of Jocasta and the Brother-in-law/Uncle of Oedipus. He is the one who tells Oedipus the oracle Pythia gave to him. He is later accused of treason by Oedipus and ultimately takes the throne at the end of the play and exiles Oedipus to the Hill of Cithaeron. | 6 | |
| 7840828743 | Ismene | The eldest daughter of Oedipus. | 7 | |
| 7840828744 | Antigone | The youngest daughter of Oedipus. | 8 | |
| 7840840416 | Polybus | Oedipus' adopted father who is the King of Corinth. He took him in when he was only a week old from the Messenger and treated him as one of his own as he did not have a child of his own to love. | 9 | |
| 7840844366 | Merope | Oedipus' adopted mother who was the Queen of Corinth. She took him in when he was only a week old from the Messenger and treated him as one of her own as she was unable to bear any children of her own. | 10 | |
| 7840849523 | Chorus | The Chorus represent the people of Thebes. | 11 | |
| 7840851539 | The Official | A palace Official who comes out to tell the Chorus what has been happening inside of the palace since Oedipus figured out what he had done. | 12 | |
| 7840855054 | The Priest | The Priest of Zeus that asks Oedipus for his help to save Thebes from the terrible disease that is running rapid throughout Thebes. | 13 | |
| 7841043142 | Cadmus | The original name for the City of Thebes (used to be called The City of Cadmus) and also the name of the founder of Thebes. | 14 | |
| 7841049416 | Pallas Athena | The goddess of Wisdom and War. | 15 | |
| 7841056759 | Ismenus | The Theban River (by the Temple of Apollo) where priests studied patterns in the ashes of sacrificial victims to foretell the future. | 16 | |
| 7841062274 | Menoeceus | Creon's father. | 17 | |
| 7841064870 | Pythia | The Priestess of Apollo who gives the prophecy of Oedipus and Laius. | 18 | |
| 7841073567 | Phoebus Apollo | The God of the Sun (other names: Pytho or Healer of Delos) | 19 | |
| 7841078243 | Artemis | God of Hunting. | 20 | |
| 7841081001 | Bacchus | God of Wine and Celebration. | 21 | |
| 7841086696 | Labdacus | Laius' Father | 22 | |
| 7841089796 | Polydorus | Laius' grandfather | 23 | |
| 7841093831 | Agenor | Polydorus's father (Laius' great grandfather) | 24 | |
| 7841097328 | Corinth | The Kingdom that Oedipus grew up in. | 25 | |
| 7841097329 | Thebes | The Kingdom that Laius ruled and Oedipus was born in and eventually ruled himself. | 26 | |
| 7841100603 | Hill of Cithearon | Where Oedipus was sent to die as a baby and where he is sent to spend his exile. | 27 | |
| 7841127991 | Phocis, Delphi, and Daulia. | Where Oedipus killed Laius at the crossroads. | 28 | |
| 7841165328 | Oracle at Delphi | Pythia, or the priestess who gave Laius and Oedipus the prophecy. Oedipus sent Creon to get the oracle with this priestess and Laius went to her to ask why he could not bear a child with his wife. | 29 | |
| 7841186695 | Delphi | The location of the Oracle and Delphi and where Creon and Laius both received the oracle of Oedipus and Laius. | 30 |
