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The Sphinx is terrorizing Thebes when Oedipus arrives in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).
Specifically, Oedipus arrives in Thebes to find a monstrous Sphinx camped outside the city's entrance. She asks a riddle whose answer she demands upon pain of death. No one knows what the correct response can be. Thebans therefore fear having to go back and forth about their daily business around Thebes.
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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.
Was Thebes the rival of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
Where was Oedipus king at?
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Where does Oedipus Rex take place?
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.
Was Thebes the rival of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes was the land that Oedipus ruled.
What city is the setting for 'Oedipus Rex'?
Thebes Thebes
What is Oedipus most famous for in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is for defeating the Sphinx that Oedipus is most famous in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Oedipus arrives at Thebes in the city's worst hours. A Sphinx camps outside and asks an impossible riddle upon pain of death. Oedipus figures out the answer and rids Thebes of the city's serial eater.
Where was Oedipus king at?
Oedipus Rex is set in ancient Thebes.
Thebes is the of Oedipus Rex?
Thebes is the home of Oedipus throughout most of the book although he was born in Cadmus.
Where does Oedipus Rex take place?
Thebes
Was Thebes the setting of Oedipus Rex?
Yes.
When did Oedipus encounter the sphinx?
Oedipus encountered the Sphinx after he had left Corinth, while traveling to Thebes. The Sphinx was terrorizing the city by posing a riddle to its inhabitants, and those who could not solve it were killed. Oedipus successfully answered the riddle, which led to the Sphinx's demise and his eventual ascension to the throne of Thebes. This encounter is a pivotal moment in Sophocles' play "Oedipus Rex."
Who is jocasta in Oedipus Rex?
Jocasta is Oedipus' mother and wife and queen of Thebes.
Thebes is the what of Oedipus Rex?
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Who was the former king of Thebes in Oedipus Rex?
Laius
