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What great service did Oedipus provide the city when he first arrived in thebes?
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He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
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Rufus Munoz
He freed Thebes from the Sphinx curse.
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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.
When the play Oedipus begins which of the following is true the sphinx is terrorizing Thebes Oedipus is not married to Jocasta Oedipus's father is alive Oedipus is king of Thebes?
Oedipus is king of Thebes
Was Thebes the rival of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
When the play Oedipus Rex begins which of the following is true Oedipus knows that the oracles statements have not come true Oedipus is king of the thebes and there is a cursw upon the city Oedipus?
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
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.
When the play Oedipus begins which of the following is true the sphinx is terrorizing Thebes Oedipus is not married to Jocasta Oedipus's father is alive Oedipus is king of Thebes?
Oedipus is king of Thebes
Was Thebes the rival of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
Who is the mother Oedipus and the queen of Thebes?
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus.
Who is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus?
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
Thebes is the of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes is the home of Oedipus throughout most of the book although he was born in Cadmus.
When the play Oedipus Rex begins which of the following is true Oedipus knows that the oracles statements have not come true Oedipus is king of the thebes and there is a cursw upon the city Oedipus?
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
What is Oedipus' adopted hometown in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Corinth in actuality but Thebes in Oedipus' mind is what Oedipus' adopted hometowns is in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is born in Thebes. But he is fostered at a very, very early age into the royal house of Thebes. Years later, he leaves Corinth and settles down in Thebes. Even more years pass before Oedipus realizes that Thebes is his actual, not adopted, hometown.
Where was Oedipus born at?
Thebes.
Where was Oedipus born?
Thebes
Where was Oedipus king at?
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
