Eteocles and Polyneices become the Kings of Thebes at the end of 'Oedipus Rex'. They're the twin sons and heirs of their father and half brother, Theban King Oedipus. They're supposed to alternate years of rule in a royal power sharing arrangement.
But Eteocles ends up refusing to give up the throne to Polyneices when his year ends. He forces Polyneices into exile. But Polyneices marries into the Argive royal house. He therefore comes back with a joint force of disgruntled Thebans and invading Argives. His quest to reclaim his royal rights ends in Argive defeat and the deaths of him and his brother.
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Yes, Oedipus is royalty in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is born a prince of Thebes. He is raised a prince of Corinth. He receives the title of king from Thebes. He refuses the title of king of Corinth just before he becomes a disgraced royal.
Laius
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Thebes is the setting of Oedipus Rex because it is the place where the story begins.
Yes, Oedipus is royalty in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus is born a prince of Thebes. He is raised a prince of Corinth. He receives the title of king from Thebes. He refuses the title of king of Corinth just before he becomes a disgraced royal.
Laius
Oedipus Rex
Oedipus is King of Thebes.
Laius and Jocasta are king and queen of Thebes at the time of Oedipus' birth in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Jocasta is not a king's daughter. But she becomes queen as a direct descendant of Thebes' founding King Cadmus and through her marriage to her cousin Laius. Laius is king because he too is descended from Cadmus and because he is Theban King Labdacus' son.
Oedipus has become the king of Thebes.
Oedipus, who is also her brother. Oedipus, the king of Thebes. His story is told in the play "Oedipus Rex".
That he is the city's savior is the reason why Oedipus remains important to Thebes in "Oedipus Rex," "Oedipus at Colonus" and "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus becomes the disgraced King of Thebes. But he cannot be dismissed or ignored historically. He rescues the city from the monstrous Sphinx and from a pestilence of ailing livestock, dying children and failing crops.
Thebes is the place at which Oedipus is king in the play "Oedipus Rex" by ancient Greek playwright Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus becomes King of Thebes by marrying Queen Jocasta, widow of previous King Laius. In actuality, he is king by right since he really is Jocasta's son and therefore in the royal line of descent from Cadmus, founder and first king of Thebes. Towards the play's end, Oedipus learns that the throne of Corinth is his for the asking as foster son and heir of Corinthian monarchs Polybus and Merope.
Oedipus, who is also her brother. Oedipus, the king of Thebes. His story is told in the play "Oedipus Rex".