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| What the Thebes offer as gifts to the gods |
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| What the oracle told Creon |
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| The murderer of Laius is in the city and must be driven out |
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| What gods the chorus calls on |
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| Artemis, Athena, Apollo, Dionysus |
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| Who Oedipus calls on for answers |
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| What does Oedipus insult Tiresias with |
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| Blindness and his "power" |
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| What happens to Laius' son? |
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| He was cast out of Thebes as a baby |
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| Who all has visited the Oracle? |
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| the world is ruled by destiny, proud men who try to defy the gods will fall |
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| What happened to the king of Corinth |
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| Polybus is dead from natural causes |
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| Who tells Oedipus the Corinthians are not his parents |
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| The messenger, who used to be a shepard who found him |
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| Mt. Cith-ae-ron, near Thebes |
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| His ankles were pinned together as a baby |
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| Who left Oedipus on the mountain |
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| What Oedipus says Jocasta is afraid of figuring out |
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| That he is born of poor parents |
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| Why Laius' son was given up |
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| Jocasta cast him out to die so he wouldn't kill Laius |
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| What Oedipus does after seeing Jocasta dead |
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| Cuts his eyes out with the brooches from her robe |
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| Before seeing Jocasta what he does |
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| Grabs a sword and curses her |
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| Who Oedipus asks Creon to care for |
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| All life is mis, only death can bring peace |
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| Why Oedipus weeps for his daughters |
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| No one will want a product of incest |
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