Ismene is one of Oedipus' daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Theban Princess Ismene is the daughter of disgraced Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. In fact, she is her mother's granddaughter and her father's half-sister because of her parents' incest. She is the sister of Princess Antigone and of the twin Princes Eteocles and Polyneices.
Character witnesses is the part that Antigone and Ismene play in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene are the young daughters of Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. They come onstage just before the end of the play. They have no speaking parts. But their father's words identify them as beloved, innocent, well behaved children.
Antigone and Ismene are Jocasta's daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are Queen Jocasta's daughters with her second husband, King Oedipus. Unbeknownst to them at the time of their marriage, Oedipus and Jocasta also are son and mother. Consequently, the princesses' father also is their half-brother and that their mother also is their maternal grandmother.
Antigone, Ismene, and Polyneicesand Eteocles are the names of Oedipus' children in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Eteocles and Polyneices are the twin sons of Theban monarchs Oedipus and Jocasta. They are Oedipus' heirs and the direct maternal and paternal descendants of Cadmus, Thebes' founder king. They are the eldest children and the brothers of two young sisters. Princess Antigone the elder and Princess Ismene the younger are the brothers' younger sisters.
That they will find happiness despite their shameful background and that Creon will act as father and protectorto them is what Oedipus wishes for Ismene and Antigone in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is concerned about the alternately shunning and in-the-face cruel behavior to which his daughters will be subjected as half-sisters to their own father and children and grandchildren to their own mother. He fears the poor, lonely existence that Antigone and Ismene may lead as unmarried, childless outcasts. The only way out is if Creon, their uncle and Oedipus' brother-in-law, shelters and defends them.
It is unknown how old Ismene is in "Oedipus Rex" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, no information is given as to dates or ages in either play. But it may be assumed that Theban Princess Ismene is younger than her sister Antigone, who is betrothed to Prince Haemon by the time of "Antigone." No one makes any reference to Ismene as being engaged, which tends to be sorted out by the time a girl is 14 or 15 in ancient Greece.
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
Elementary school aged is the age of Oedipus' daughters in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, disgraced Theban King Oedipus is worried about what will happen to his young daughters, the sister Princesses Antigone and Ismene. His daughters make no onstage comments. Oedipus needs to explain things, which he does in the way of speaking to children of elementary school age.
They were Antigone and Ismene.
Eteocles and Polyneices are Oedipus' sons in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus' sons are nameless in the play. In fact, the sole reference is found in the last conversation between Oedipus and King Creon, his brother-in-law, uncle, and royal successor. Oedipus refers namelessly to his sons as grown men but names his daughters, the Princesses Antigone and Ismene.
It is his daughters who are sent for to say goodbye to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Princesses Antigone and Ismene are the daughters of disgraced Theban King Oedipus. Oedipus asks to see them before he is punished with execution or exile. King Creon, Oedipus' brother-in-law and royal successor, brings the young princesses for the supposedly last meeting with their father.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Four (4) is the total number of children that Oedipus has in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Oedipus is the second husband of Queen Jocasta. The royal couple has four children, two boys and two girls. The eldest children are the twin brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, and the youngest children are the Princesses Antigone and Ismene.