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Thebes is important as the setting for "Oedipus Rex" since it is a city whose royal family is cursed by the gods and because Oedipus therefore will be the most recent victim of that curse.
Specifically, Thebes is cursed since the time of Cadmus, the city's founder and first king. Even though he is the paternal grandson of the sea god Poseidon and the maternal and paternal great great grandson of the mother goddess Gaia, Cadmus is cursed for killing a dragon sacred to the gods. That original curse is compounded by additional cursesfrom the wine god Dionysus for perceived disrespct by Cadmus' son Polydorus and grandson Labdacus. Consequently, Labdacus' son Laius, grandson Oedipus, and great grandchildren Eteocles and Polyneices will suffer the worst of all in son killing father and brother killing brother until the cumulative curses exhaust themselves.
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Thebes is the setting of oedipus rex Thebes is the theme of oedipus rex Thebes is the rival of oedipus rex Thebes is the downfall of oedipus rex?
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
What is 'Rex' from 'Oedipus Rex' in English?
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
What is English for 'Rex' in 'Oedipus Rex'?
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
Who is shephard in oedipus rex?
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
Thebes is the setting of oedipus rex Thebes is the theme of oedipus rex Thebes is the rival of oedipus rex Thebes is the downfall of oedipus rex?
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Was Thebes the setting of Oedipus Rex?
Yes.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
What is 'Rex' from 'Oedipus Rex' in English?
"Rex" is Latin for "King". Oedipus Rex means "Oedipus the King".
What is English for 'Rex' in 'Oedipus Rex'?
'King' is an English equivalent of 'Rex' in the play 'Oedipus Rex'.
Who is shephard in oedipus rex?
The shepherd in Oedipus Rex is the person who rescues Oedipus Rex as a child. The shepherd also confirms the main character's fate.
What is the Oedipus trilogy?
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
What plays were related to 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus Rex is part of a four part collection of plays, three tradgedies and a comedy. We do not have the Comedy but the three tradgedies are "Oedipus Rex", "Oedipus at Colonus", and "Antigone".
Who kills Laius in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus
Who wrote Oedipus Rex?
Sophocles, an Ancient Greek playwright, wrote Oedipus Rex.
What are the Oedipus plays of Sophocles?
Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus
Who was laius in Oedipus Rex?
Laius was the father of Oedipus who Oedipus killed.
