OEDIPUS REX (THE KING)

Sophocles 495 BC - 406 BC 2nd great Greek

Tragedian Wrote 123 total plays,

winning many prizes Actors, characters,

chorus The perfect tragedy?

Consulting the Oracle Delphi Prophecy’s Direct messages

from the God’s (Apollo)

The Oedipus Myth Oedipus is the son

of Laius and Jocasta of Thebes

A father’s prophecy

What would you do?

Fate Intervenes

The Oedipus Myth Swollen Foot Oedipus’s prophecy What would you do?

The Oedipus Myth Oedipus leaves

Corinth The Sphinx in

Thebes Laius leaves Thebes

to consult the Oracle

The Oedipus Myth The place where

three roads meet Hamartia

Oedipus and the Sphinx The Sphinx is a mythical

beast consisting of a woman’s head, wings, and a lion’s body

Guarding Thebes

Oedipus and the Sphinx Oedipus encounters

the sphinx and is given the riddle:What goes on

four legs in the morning, on two legs at noon, and on three legs in the evening?

Oedipus and the Sphinx “MAN” Liminality (Threshold) Oedipus frees Thebes The Reward Oedipus: The Baby

Daddy