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| mythical founder and first king of thebes, a city in central greece where the play takes place |
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| wreaths worn by people who ask favors of the gods |
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| branches wound in wool which were placed on the altar and left there until the suppliants request was granted |
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| the two temples of athena |
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| temple where ismenus gives oracles by fire |
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| temple of apollo, located by ismenus, the theban river, where the priests studied patterns in the ashes of sacrificial victims to foretell the future |
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| a fatal, contagious disease of epidemic proportions |
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| act of expressing deep sorrow and grief |
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| a winged female monster who ate theban men who could not answer her riddle: "what is it that walks on four legs at dawn, two legs at midday, and three legs in the evening, and has only one voice; when it walks on most feet, it is weakest" |
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| the shrine of apollo at delphi, below mount parnassus in central greece |
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| laurel symbolized triumph; a crown of laurel signified good news |
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| the act of making amends for wrongdoing |
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| led or guided through difficulty |
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| an important mission or errand |
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| another name for delphi; location of apollos oracular shrine. delphi is the principal religious center for all greeks |
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| born on the island of delos, apollos title was healer, he caused and averted plagues |
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| the chorus is praying to three gods, athene, artemis, and apollo, as a triple shield against death |
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| because the sun sets in the west, god of night, death |
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| of brass or like brass in color |
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| sea goddess who was the wife of poseidon, god of the sea |
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| apollo, whose title lykios means god of light |
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| god with the turban of gold |
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| dionysus, god of wine, who was born of zeus and a woman of thebes, the first greek city to honor him. he wears an oriental turban because he has come from the east |
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| bacchic god with the wind flushed face |
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| refers to dionysus, who had a youthful, rosy complexion; bacchus means riotous god |
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| dionysus, called evios because his followers address him with the cry "evoi" |
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| female followers of dionysus |
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| a driving force; coercion |
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| a contagious, deadly, epidemic disease |
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| obstinately refusing to act |
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| person who plots against another person |
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| false and malicious statements; slander |
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| extreme misfortune that leads to disaster |
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| the act of devising or scheming |
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| instigates a person to commit prejury |
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| a place that will house or contain your cries; sentence means: is there any place that wont be full of your cries? |
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| mountain, near thebes, on which oedipus was abandoned as an infant |
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| that which causes annoyance and distress |
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| facial expressions that reveal a persons feelings |
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| a cavity of mount parnassus from which mysterious vapors arose to inspire pythia, priestess of the oracle of apollo at delphi |
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| fortuneteller or prophet; refers here to teiresias |
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| clearly proven with evidence |
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| stubbornness; state of being unyielding to reason. creon means that oedipus cannot or refuses to see the facts |
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| third in line, or one person in a group of three |
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| absolute; unlimited; tyrannical |
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| person who makes proclamations and carries messages |
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| city at the western end of the isthmus that joins the peloponnesus to boeotia |
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| one of the main branches of the hellenes, the dorians invaded the peloponnesus |
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| imposed a burden on; put strain on |
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| caused to have long lasting anger and resentment |
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| sharp, pointed stick used to drive animals |
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| arrogance, bold disrespectfulness |
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| items of notorious disgrace and dishonor |
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