Oedipus Rex Brief Questions

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What did the chorus say at the end of the play ‘King Oedipus’?/What is the moral lesson in the play “Oedipus Rex”? ✪✪✪

Ans: “No man can be called happy until he dies happily.”

Where was the infant Oedipus left?

Ans: On Mount Cithaeron.

Who was Teiresias?

Ans: A blind prophet.

Whom did Oedipus send to the Oracle of Apollo?

Ans: Creon.

What was Oedipus’ greatness?/What gift was Oedipus’ greatness? ✪✪✪

Ans: Oedipus’s greatness was his ability to solve the Sphinx’s riddle.

What punishment did Oedipus declare on the killer of Laius?

Ans: Banishment from his country.

Who was Jocasta?

Ans: Jocasta was the biological mother and then wife of Oedipus.

Why did Oedipus blind himself? ✪✪✪

Ans: Oedipus blinded himself because he had done the most heinous act. He killed his father and married his mother.

Who are the foster parents of Oedipus?

Ans: The king and queen of Corinth, Polybus and Merope.

How did Jocasta die?

Ans: Jocasta committed suicide by hanging.

Who are the chorus in “Oedipus Rex”?

Ans: The chorus are the old men of Thebes.

Who knew that the terrible prophecy of Oedipus had already come true?

Ans: Teiresias.

Who is the tragic hero of “Oedipus Rex”?

Ans: Oedipus is the tragic hero of the play.

Where is the setting of the play “Oedipus the King”/”Oedipus Rex”?

Ans: Thebes.

What is the Greek title for the play “Oedipus Rex”?

Ans: Oedipus Tyrannus.

What is the Latin title for the play “Oedipus the King”?

Ans: Oedipus Rex.

What is a prologue?

Ans: A prologue is an opening for a literary work and provides background to understand the play’s action.

What is a chorus in Greek Plays? ✪✪✪

Ans: In Greek plays, a chorus is a group of men who comment on the actions or moral issues of the play through song, dialogue, and dance.

What is Sphinx? ✪✪✪

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