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Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Oedipus is king of Thebes
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
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Oedipus is King of Thebes.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Oedipus is king of Thebes
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
Jocasta is the Queen of Thebes and the mother of Oedipus.
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Thebes is the home of Oedipus throughout most of the book although he was born in Cadmus.
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
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.
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Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Corinth is the city in which the future Theban King Oedipus is raised. It isn't his city of birth. But he's brought there at such a young age that he thinks of it as his hometown. He has no prior memories of life in Thebes, which he left at the tender age of three days old.