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Antigone and Ismene are the two daughters of Theban King Oedipus. Eteocles and Polyneices are the twin sons. Theban Queen Jocasta, as mother and wife to Oedipus, is mother and grandmother to Oedipus' four children.

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Who is Oedipus' youngest child?

Ismene is Theban King Oedipus' youngest child. The oldest children are the twins, Eteocles and Polyneices. Antigone is the elder daughter. Ismene is both the younger daughter and the youngest child of Oedipus and Theban Queen Jocasta, the king's wife and mother.


Who is antigones farther?

Antigone's father/brother is Oedipus. (Oedipus marries his mother, Jocasta and Antigone is their child.)


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.


Who is Antigone the child of?

Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta.


What can be found in an edible complex?

It's Oedipus. Oedipus complex n. In psychoanalysis, a subconscious sexual desire in a child, especially a male child, for the parent of the opposite sex.


Why does jocasta beg Oedipus to relinquish his search?

cz Jocasta understood that Oedipus is her child n the prophecy came true. And if Oedipus gets to know this, he will suffer, mentally.


What lie does Jocasta tell Oedipus about her first child?

Jocasta tells Oedipus that her first child was dead after being taken into the mountains. Since she did not know whether this was true or not, it was a lie


Does the oracle tell Oedipus he's a bastard?

No, because Oedipus is not a bastard, a child born outside of marriage. The oracle told Oedipus he would kill his father and marry his mother.


Why is the shepherd so relcutant to identify Oedipus as the child he gave to the messenger?

The shepherd is reluctant to identify Oedipus as the child he gave to the messenger because revealing Oedipus's true identity would force him to confront the tragic circumstances surrounding the child's abandonment. He fears the consequences of admitting his role in the events that led to Oedipus's fate, as it implicates him in the fulfillment of the prophecy about patricide and incest. Additionally, he is protective of Oedipus, wanting to shield him from the painful truth of his origins and the catastrophic implications of his lineage.


Who is youngest child?

Ismene is Theban King Oedipus' youngest child. The oldest children are the twins, Eteocles and Polyneices. Antigone is the elder daughter. Ismene is both the younger daughter and the youngest child of Oedipus and Theban Queen Jocasta, the king's wife and mother.


How is Laius related to Oedipus in 'Oedipus Rex'?

As father to son is the way in which Laius is related to Oedipus in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Laius is married just once before he dies. His wife is Queen Jocasta. The royal couple's only child is Oedipus.


Jocasta tells Oedipus the story of her first born because?

She was hinting to him that he was the child.