What does Prometheus have in common with the the tragic King Oedipus?

his name is Greek in origin

Yes, Oedipus is a tragic character in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, a tragic character experiences an unfortunate end, or meets with a misfortunate turn of events, in life. The description fits disgraced Theban King Oedipus. Oedipus moves from a position of great personal happiness and professional success to the depths of humiliation, loss and pain.

Because of his hamartia, or tragic flaw.

He became the King of Thebes after killing his father and marrying his mother

That she is a child who suffers but who is not known to do great things is the reason why Antigone is not the tragic hero of the play "Oedipus Rex." Specifically, a person who is tragic meets with a bad end. A person who is heroic is capable of doing great deeds. The job description matches Antigone's father, Theban King Oedipus, in the play "Oedipus Rex" and herself in the play "Antigone".

"Ajax," "Antigone," "Electra," "Oedipus the King," "Oedipus at Colonus," "Philoctetes," and "Trachinian Women" are tragic plays by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, it is thought that Sophocles may have written as many as 123 plays. But only seven (7) have been found in complete form. Three of the surviving plays - "Antigone," "Oedipus the King" and "Oedipus at Colonus" - deal with the family of disgraced Theban King Oedipus. The remaining four are connected with famous participants in the Trojan War.

According to Aristotle's definition, Oedipus is a tragic hero because he is a king whose life falls apart when he finds out his life story. There are a number of characteristics described by Aristotle that identify a tragic hero: * Causes their own downfall * Fate is not deserved & exceeds the crime * Is of noble stature & greatness * Are in love with their idealized self

That Oedipus seeks a killer and that he may be that killer is the tragic conflict in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban King Oedipus has to find and punish the guilty in the murder of his royal predecessor, King Laius. But he is warned by his royal advisor, Teiresias the blind prophet, that he is the murderer. Oedipus therefore must resolve whether or not to continue in an investigation that may prove him guilty and that may lead to his execution or exile.

Yes, Theban King Oedipus is a tragic hero. Someone who is 'tragic' meets with an unhappy end. Someone who is a 'hero' does great deeds and also may have great powers. Oedipus answers to the position description on both counts. Oedipus is tragic, because he loses almost everything that has any meaning to him in the end. All that remains, ultlimately, are his life and the love of his daughter Antigone. Specifically, Oedipus loses his wife, his sight, his reputation, his possessions, his job, and his home. But at the same time, the King also is a hero. He does great deeds. He alone figures out how to save Thebes from the Sphinx that overtaxes Thebans and kills Theban residents and visitors.

No, Oedipus can be no other than a tragic hero in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, a hero is someone who is capable of great deeds. The tragic hero ends up suffering, usually because of his own errors and flaws. The phrase therefore describes Theban King Oedipus, who defeats the monstrous Sphinx, but then suffers great personal and professional losses because of hasty decision-making and spontaneous, passionate outbursts.

That he must identify and punish a killer who turns out to be himself is Oedipus' tragic downfall in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, the Apolline oracles says that the devastating pestilence will end in Thebes only with the identification and punishment of the guilty in King Laius' murder. As current Theban King, Oedipus must lead the murder investigation. But in the process, he discovers that the elderly stranger whom he kills at the Phocis crossroads and Laius are one and the same.

Dramatic irony is the type of tragic irony in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, dramatic irony describes a situation in which characters misunderstand the significance of their situations and even their own words. The description fits the tragic turn that Theban King Oedipus' life takes. Oedipus has such a mistaken self-image that he receives full punishment for a crime that he commits in ignorance and self-defense.

Jocasta is Oedipus' mother. She's the wife of Theban King Laius, Oedipus' father. With Laius' tragic death in a street brawl, Jocasta marries a younger man. Unfortunately, that man turns out to be hers and Laius' son, Oedipus.

She is a fictional character from Sophocles Tragic play, Oedipus Rex Queen Merope is The Queen of Corinth, Wife to King Polybus, and they together adopt the young Oedipus after he is abandoned by his true parents King Laius and Queen Jocasta from Thebes.

Aristotle thought the play Oedipus the King, written by Sophocles, was the most perfect tragedy ever written.

Yes, Creon genetically is related to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Creon is Theban King Oedipus' uncle. He is the brother of Queen Jocasta, who is Oedipus' mother and wife. Creon and Oedipus share a common paternal ancestor in Thebes' founding King Cadmus.

Antigone is not the tragic hero of "Oedipus the King" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.). Specifically, Theban Princess Antigone is not a hero because she is a child and not yet known for doing great deeds. She is tragic, because her life takes a humiliating turn when she is found to be her mother's daughter and granddaughter and her father's half-sister. Otherwise, it is Antigone's father, Theban King Oedipus, who does great deeds and yet finds his charmed personal and professional life come to a sudden, humiliating, grinding, cruel halt.

Meeting with an unhappy ending or outcome is the meaning of the adjective 'tragic'. There are many examples of 'tragic' endings or outcomes in 'Oedipus Rex'. For example, Theban King Laius loses his life in a common street brawl over a crossroads right of way. Theban Queen Jocasta kills herself after learning that a dreadful prophecy comes true despite all her efforts to the contrary. Theban King Oedipus loses his sight, his reputation, his job, and his home with the news of the carrying out of that same prophecy. And Oedipus' and Jocasta's four children face the stigma of being the progeny of a murderer and a sex offender. The main reason of course...hence Oedipus Complex(which means a son having carnal feelings for his own mother), is that not knowingly, he fell in love with, married and had children with his own Mother.

Oedipus the King (Oedipus Tyrannus) was written by Sophocles c.430 BC.

it was king Laius, Oedipus' real father.

Oedipus was born in Thebes.

Laius was the father of Oedipus. Which Oedipus had not known.

Oedipus is King of Thebes.

what is the social context of Oedipus the king drama

Oedipus Rex (Oedipus the King) was written by Sophocles.