Oedipus, the mythical king of Thebes, is Antigone's dad. The irony though, is that since Oedipus married his mother, he is also Antigone's brother. You can read all about this in the Three Theban Plays by Sophocles.
Oedipus, the mythical king of Thebes, is Antigone's dad. The irony though, is that since Oedipus married his mother, he is also Antigone's brother. You can read all about this in the Three Theban Plays by Sophocles.
Jocasta is Oedipus' mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is the wife of Theban King Laius. Both she and her husband are descendants of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. The royal couple try to continue the Cadmeian line as the parents of subsequent Theban King Oedipus. Subsequently, Jocasta albeit unknowingly becomes the wife of her own son.
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta is Theban Queen because of her first marriage to King Laius. Jocasta and Laius also are related as cousins who descend from Thebes' founding King Cadmus, but by different grandchildren. They are the reluctant parents of their son Oedipus, whom they try to kill.
Laius was the king of Thebes, the father of Oedipus by Jocasta and later killed unknowningly by his son who than unknowingly married his mother.
Oedipus killed his father and married his mother to become King of Thebes. He did not know that the man he killed was his father, or that the woman he married was his mother. Oedipus was not a bad man, but his crimes were about what he did, not what he meant to do. * Since the above was written, it has occurred to this contributor that some may argue, "No, he didn't! He answered the Riddle of the Sphinx!" This is the PG rated answer, and it will do nicely, but answering the Riddle of the Sphinx would not have made Oedipus the King of Thebes without first killing the King, and afterwards marrying the Queen. So there.
Oedipus is king of Thebes
Yes but it was unintentional. You may read the Greek mythology and read the story of Oedipus the King of Thebes. He was a good man but he unintentionally killed his father and later married his own mother. He had a bad ending though. :-)
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta becomes Queen of Thebes through her marriage to her relative, Theban King Laius, and through her descent from Cadmus, founder and first King of Thebes. By her first husband, she has one child, whom she believes to have been killed in order to prevent the carrying out of an unenviable prophecy. But that child grows up to become Oedipus, Jocasta's second husband.
Theban is Creon's nationality in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Creon is king of Thebes. He is a Theban born and bred. In fact, he is a direct paternal descendant of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king.
Jocasta is Oedipus' mother in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta is queen of Thebes and widow of Theban King Laius when Oedipus meets her. She and her first husband both descend from Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king, but by different grandchildren of Cadmus. They therefore are also cousins, but the relationship is nowhere near as close as that between her and her second husband and son, Oedipus.
King Oedipus in the Oedipus trilogy married his mother and killed his father. The Oedipus trilogy was written by Sophocles. Later Freud would coin the term Oedipus complex when boys would love their mothers a little too much.