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How did Oedipus bring the city of Thebes fortune in the book Oedipus Rex?
by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
What happens to Thebes after the first years of Oedipus' rule?
Thebes prospers for awhile but then the famine comes in and can only end after Oedipus leaves.
What great service did Oedipus provide the city when he first arrived in thebes?
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
When does the action take place in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus' last day as King of Thebes is the timing of the action in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play respects the ancient Greek unity of time, plot, and place. Temporally, the time is the 24-hour span in which Oedipus ends his rule Thebes and begins his house arrest. Ultimately, house arrest is followed by either Oedipus' exile and death in Colonus according to Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus" or by his continued house arrest and death in Thebes according to Book 23 of Homer's "Iliad."
Why does no one know how the king before Oedipus dies in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That the death does not take place in Thebes and that their attention is caught up with more pressing matters are the reasons why no one knows how the king before Oedipus dies in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, King Laius is killed while traveling from Thebes to Delphi. Immediately after Laius' death, the Sphinx moves outside Thebes and starts killing and eating Thebans who cannot answer her impossible riddle. Then Oedipus solves the riddle, marries Thebes' beautiful widowed queen and distracts all Thebes with his role model family life and royal rule. Mandatory investigations into and cleansing rituals for the divine offense of killing a king take a back seat.
How did Oedipus bring the city of Thebes fortune in the book Oedipus Rex?
by answering the riddle of the sphinx and saving Thebes from the rule of the sphinx.
What happens to Thebes after the first years of Oedipus' rule?
Thebes prospers for awhile but then the famine comes in and can only end after Oedipus leaves.
What great service did Oedipus provide the city when he first arrived in thebes?
He answered the riddle of the Sphinx, thus freeing Thebes from the rule of the Sphinx and allowing Thebes to once again prosper.
When does the action take place in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Oedipus' last day as King of Thebes is the timing of the action in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the play respects the ancient Greek unity of time, plot, and place. Temporally, the time is the 24-hour span in which Oedipus ends his rule Thebes and begins his house arrest. Ultimately, house arrest is followed by either Oedipus' exile and death in Colonus according to Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus" or by his continued house arrest and death in Thebes according to Book 23 of Homer's "Iliad."
Who becomes King of Thebes when Oedipus can no longer rule?
Creon contines as King of Thebes when his brother-in-law, joint ruler and nephew Oedipus can no longer rule. But he soon is replaced by the true heirs, Oedipus' sons twin sons Eteoclesand Polyneices. The brothers end up killing each other instead of respecting the joint power-sharing arrangement that carefully has been worked out for them. So Creon is back on the throne with the young rulers' deaths.
Why does no one know how the king before Oedipus dies in 'Oedipus Rex'?
That the death does not take place in Thebes and that their attention is caught up with more pressing matters are the reasons why no one knows how the king before Oedipus dies in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, King Laius is killed while traveling from Thebes to Delphi. Immediately after Laius' death, the Sphinx moves outside Thebes and starts killing and eating Thebans who cannot answer her impossible riddle. Then Oedipus solves the riddle, marries Thebes' beautiful widowed queen and distracts all Thebes with his role model family life and royal rule. Mandatory investigations into and cleansing rituals for the divine offense of killing a king take a back seat.
What happens to Creon at the end of 'Oedipus Rex'?
That he becomes king is what happens to Creon at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta commits suicide. Her husband, King Oedipus, has to step down because of criminal acts and immoral behavior. Creon, Jocasta's brother and Oedipus' royal colleague, is the closest and most eligible relative to take over the rule of Thebes.
What happens to Creon at the end of Oedipus?
That he becomes king is what happens to Creon at the end of "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta commits suicide. Her husband, King Oedipus, has to step down because of criminal acts and immoral behavior. Creon, Jocasta's brother and Oedipus' royal colleague, is the closest and most eligible relative to take over the rule of Thebes.
What are the names of Oedipus' sons?
Eteocles and Polyneices are the twin sons of Theban King Oedipus and Theban Queen Jocasta. They inherit the throne of Thebes after the suicide of their mother and the exile of their father. They initially agree to a power sharing arrangement whereby they alternate years of rule. But Eteocles refuses to honor the bargain, and exiles Polyneices. Polyneices ends up marrying into the Argive royal family, and invading Thebes with Argive support. Argos loses the fight, and the brothers kill each other on the battlefield outside their Theban home. And that's where 'Antigone', as the sequel to 'Oedipus Rex' and 'Oedipus at Colonus', takes up.
How did Oedipus Rex gain the throne?
Oedipus Rex saves the city of Thebes from the rule of a Sphinx who demands sacrifices of the city's young men. She requires that they answer the riddle: what has one voice, four legs, then two legs, then three legs? (the answer is man, crawling as an infant, walking on two legs as an adult and using a cane as an old man.) Oedipus is the only one to fulfill the Sphinx's riddle and free the city, and as Laios, the previous king of Thebes has been just recently killed, Oedipus is given the throne of the city, and Iokaste, the queen of Thebes, as his wife.
Who succeeds Oedipus as king in 'Oedipus Rex'?
It is Creon who succeeds Oedipus as king in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban King Creon is King Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle. He is the direct paternal descendant of the royal house of Labdacus and therefore of Cadmus, Thebes' founder and first king. He is the most eligible living relative to take over royal powers ... until his twin nephews Eteocles and Polyneices are old enough to rule.
How do Oedipus' sons die?
Killing each other is the way in which Oedipus' sons die.Specifically, Eteocles and Polyneices are the twin sons and heirs to disgraced Theban King Oedipus. Because they are twins, Oedipus' sons are expected to inherit the crown and throne of Thebes on a joint power sharing arrangement. But Oedipus curses his sons with the inability to rule harmoniously and with the desire to kill each other. Indeed, Eteocles does not want to share, exiles Polyneices and then must defend Thebes against his brother's legitimate royal claim. The brothers end up fighting each other to the death in the final battle of their civil war over the royal succession.
