1.Mythical founder and first king of Thebes 2.Someone who all men call the Great 3.What strikes and does not spare the house of Cadmus 4.The shrine of Apollo at Delphi 5.King Phoebus commanded Oedipus to drive out _____ from their land 6.Whose murder was Oedipus trying to figure out 7.Another name for Delphi 8.Earth Upholder 9.Born on the island of Delos, caused and averted plagues 10.War God 11.Mountain where Oedipus was abandoned as an infant 12.Female followers of Dionysus 13.Oedipus commands a foreigner to speak the _____ 14.Teiresias advised Oedipus that it would be better if he just sent him _____ 15.Oedipus blamed Teiresias about his _____ 16.Teiresias claimed that the truth will be _____ 17.According to Oedipus, he solved the riddle using his 18.Word used by Oedipus that injured and insulted Creon 19.Creon says that success for the people depends upon his _____ 20.The chorus begs Oedipus to _____ Creon
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1.Jocasta's brother who was sent to Apollo 2.Wreaths worn by people who ask favors of the Gods 3.Winged female monster who ate the Theban men 4.Symbolized triumph, signified good news 5.2 ways of purifying the town:banishment and _____ 6.The sphinx ate men who couldn't answer her _____ 7.Deathless daughter of Zeus 8.The Healing God, Sun God 9.God of wine, who was born of Zeus and a woman of Thebes 10.Oedipus curses the murderer with _____ 11.Oedipus cursed the murderer's protectors no crops and women wouldn't be able to bear _____ 12.Oedipus claimed that Teiresias was _____ in mind, ears and eyes 13.Teiresias' strength 14.Oedipus thinks Teiresias wants a place by Creon's _____ 15.In answering riddles, Oedipus is at his 16.A winged horse 17.2 ways the hunt can end in the capture of the crown: people at your back and 18.Creon asked Oedipus if he was rated as the equal of Oedipus and his wife, as he is considered the _____ 19.According to Creon, "To throw away an honest friend is, as it were, to throw your _____ away" 20.Oedipus would want to kill Creon, not _____ him
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