"name": "Freedom of Will and Action", Thank you! "width": "800" He further agreed to restore them to their homelands, starting with Thebes. "@context": "http://schema.org", Pity because the protagonist is better than we are, so we place ourselves into his position (empathy). However, nothing was ever found of her, except for the name of the land called Europa. Oedipus began his investigation and little by little, the facts came out, but Oedipus pride would not allow him to accept the testimony of his witnesses. Creon had to save the city, so he proclaimed that anyone who could save Thebes from the Sphinx would be rewarded: 1. "@type": "ImageObject", { "contentUrl": "https://images.slideplayer.com/4/1469048/slides/slide_5.jpg", { Purchasing Who ultimately won in the battle of the Seven against Thebes? ", Creons son, Menoeceus II sacrificed his life so that Thebes could win the war. The Sphinx asked all passersby a riddle. Greek masks helped conceal the men s faces while they played the female parts, suspending disbelief. "@type": "ImageObject", Oedipus, in his shame, took the two brooches from Jocastas gown and plunged the pins into his eyes, thus blinding himself from the vision of what he had done. "description": "Oedipus and the Sphinx", However, Pelops did not wish to punish a man on account of his love. }, 10 Menoeceus gladly killed himself outside the city. He came back and told them that the murderer of Laius must be found. Apollo was the god of Truth and Prophecy. The Less Important Myths - Midas and Others, Part Six. Apollo and The Temple at Delphi Haemon: their son, and fianc of Antigone, Antigone and Ismene: the daughters of Oedipus, The Chorus and Leader: represent the voices of the citizens of Thebes and serve as advisors to Creon, A Sentry: charged with guarding the body of Polyneices, Tiresias: the blind prophet of Thebes who can predict the future and interpret signs sent by the gods, Performed during festivals worshipping Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, rebirth, Choral -- singing seems to have been an important part, a chorus of men (varied in size form 3 to 50) -- many think the choral song -- dithyramb-- was the beginnings of Greek drama (but origins are unclear), Closely associated with religion - stories based on myth or history, Most believe the chorus underscored the ideas of the play, provided point-of-view, and focused on issues of the play and implications of the action, established the play's ethical system, and participated in the action, Frequent use of messengers to relate information, Stories based on myth or history, but varied interpretations of events. He suffers from a reversal of fortune or fall from high to low. "description": "An exaggerated sense of pride or self-confidence, often accompanied by stubbornness and the refusal to listen to the reason of others. "name": "Apollo and The Temple at Delphi", "description": "What goes on four feet in the morning, on two at noon, and on three in the evening Oedipus answered the question: The answer is man: At birth, he crawls, as an adult he walks upright on two feet, and as an old man he walks with a cane. "@type": "ImageObject", "name": "The Greek Tragic Hero", Those who accept their fates should suffer no more than their allotted amount of suffering. He must face the world alone. ", Cadmus married Harmonia, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares, and had four daughters and one son. The inhabitants demanded that he leave before he defiled the grove, and they summoned Theseus, ruler of Athens. Do not confuse the concept of Greek Tragedy with the modern use of the word tragic, which is often used to describe events that we think of as being sad or unfortunate. Meanwhile, Back in ThebesThe guard returned to the Palace of Thebes to reveal the news that King Laius had been murdered by a band of robbers. Report DMCA. According to most popular legend, though there are variations in different sources, Thebes was founded this way. Cadmus went to the city of Delphi. Polyneices RetaliatesPolyneices went to the city of Argos and acquired the aid of the Argive armies. He sowed dragon's teeth into the ground at the advice of the god; after all the fighting men who arose from the ground had fought each other, the five that were left became his helpers. Antigone and Ismene: the daughters of Oedipus. "name": "Oedipus is Rescued Instead of abandoning the baby, Laius\u2019 shepherd gave it to another shepherd, who in turn took the child to the city of Corinth. "description": "", "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/40/House+of+Thebes+Family+Tree+%28completed%29.jpg", Cadmus and Europa were descendants of the god Zeus (his great-great grandchildren). { Who wrote plays about Oedipus and his children? king and marries the widowed queen, Jocasta. father, King Laius of Thebes, that a son of his will one day kill "@context": "http://schema.org", Eteocles and Polyneices met face-to-face on the battlefield and mortally wounded each other. As Oedipus left Thebes, he cursed his sons and told them that their inheritance would be divided by the sword. "width": "800" Share buttons are a little bit lower. Creons Proclamation Creon had to save the city, so he proclaimed that anyone who could save Thebes from the Sphinx would be rewarded: 1. Oedipus Haemon Menoeceus II. She could communicate with Apollo and provide humans with a prediction of their fates. ", "name": "Meanwhile, Back in Thebes", There the oracle told him to buy an ox which had a moon-shaped mark on its side, and to drive it before him. Intro to Oedipus Rex. ", }, 20 At this point, the legend of Thebes branches off in many directions and has many variants. "name": "Banished from Corinth", He settled in Boeotia (named for the ox), and founded in this new land the city of Cadmea, later called Thebes. "width": "800" "@type": "ImageObject", "@type": "ImageObject", The oracle at Delphi warned him that his own son would kill him. Polyneices marching against the city which Eteocles held, Adrastus, king of Argos, and another Adrastus' brother-in-law, Amphiaraus. "name": "The Tragedy of the Royal House of Thebes Outline Notes", Because the ancestors of Thebes were related to Zeus, he assisted in the defense of Thebes by hurling thunderbolts at the Argives. A Greek mask is a kind of mask used to conceal an actor's or actress' face during a Greek theater performance. }, 17 Read the excerpt from " The Story of a Warrior Queen .". Eteocles eventually wins, but Polyneices assembles The Final Curse Oedipus promised to banish himself from Thebes, never to return. "@type": "ImageObject", "width": "800" ", Creon had her killed. "width": "800" The fifth guard escaped and fled. . "@context": "http://schema.org", "name": "And so the play Antigone begins", Brief Myths Arranged Alphabetically, Part Seven. "@context": "http://schema.org", Fortune blesses his endeavor, but his children are dies while pregnant with Dionysus; Ino becomes the wicked stepmother "width": "800" Creon: acting King of Thebes. }, 49 a place near Athens sacred to the Eumenides. ", Read the excerpts from " The Royal House of Thebes " and " The Story of a Warrior Queen . "description": "An Example of Greek Architecture. "@type": "ImageObject", "@context": "http://schema.org", By the end of the play, the audience should be purged of pity and fear, so they go through a catharsis. He came to Thebes and solved the riddle of the Sphinx, killing it. Apollo told him to stop looking for her and build his own city. }, 6 everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Mythology. Ares dragon had a golden crest, flashed fire from its eyes, had a triple tongue, teeth ranged in triple rows, and its body was swollen with poison. { The suffering is not necessarily tragic, but is to be accepted as part of life. Tragedies are always about spiritual or philosophical conflicts, never about every day events. ", }, 31 "@type": "ImageObject", Neither would relinquish, swords were drawn, and a battle ensued. Oedipus and Antigone went to Colonus where Oedipus died. Haemon: their son, and fianc\u00e9 of Antigone. If you don't see it, please check your spam folder. ", "@context": "http://schema.org", E. Antiques allow people to feel what people from other times felt. ", Together they ruled Thebes as its first King and Queen. Athena told him to plant the dragons teeth in the earth. "description": "Most believe the chorus underscored the ideas of the play, provided point-of-view, and focused on issues of the play and implications of the action, established the play s ethical system, and participated in the action. join him, and the seven attack the seven gates of Thebes. izzypng PLUS. "name": "Happy Family Oedipus and Jocasta successfully ruled Thebes for many years. "width": "800" Along came Oedipus, who had heard of the offer. Antigone explores a variety of themes, including pride, emotion . Oedipus "name": "The Sphinx Asks a Riddle", He can never escape his fate, but he will insist upon accepting fate on his own terms. "description": "", and. B. { "width": "800" The Sphinx threw itself from a cliff and died. At the end of the first year, Eteocles refused to give up the throne to his brother, and banished Polyneices from Thebes. A band of robbers had slain him together with his attendants except for one, The Sphinx - a winged lion with the face of a woman. "@type": "ImageObject", "@context": "http://schema.org", over the throne. What are the moral codes in ethics? "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/45/A+Kingdom+Divided+Creon+once+again+served+as+Regent+of+Thebes+until+Oedipus+died+and+Eteocles+and+Polyneices+were+old+enough+to+rule..jpg", Oedipus had to save the city, so he sent Creon to the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi to find out what had to be done. Years later, the sons of the seven champions returned to Thebes and defeated it again. ", Oedipus promised to banish himself from Thebes, never to return. }, 56 "description": "Laius = Jocasta Creon = Eurydice. "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/37/Creon%E2%80%99s+Proclamation+Creon+had+to+save+the+city%2C+so+he+proclaimed+that+anyone+who+could+save+Thebes+from+the+Sphinx+would+be+rewarded%3A.jpg", Those who accept their fates should suffer no more than their allotted amount of suffering. 20% This Study Guide consists of approximately 59pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - "description": "Oedipus the King. Menoeceus needed to be killed to save Thebes. Cadmus and his Children. }, 40 Oedipus, who has grown up in Corinth as the son of King Polybus, approaches. The spring was guarded by a serpent or dragon which was the sacred offspring of Ares. "@context": "http://schema.org", Thebes was originally called Cadmeia. Labdacus son was Laius. He finally rests in Colonus, }, 35 "description": "The guard returned to the Palace of Thebes to reveal the news that King Laius had been murdered by a band of robbers. But as fate would have it", Updated: 2:45 PM PST February 24, 2022. The Gods, and The Two Great Gods of Earth, Part One. The misuse of freedom to try to change ones fate may result in additional suffering. "description": "Twin sons, Eteocles and Polyneices. Cadmus The First King of ThebesCadmus and his sister Europa were the children of Agenor I, the king of Phoenicia. These events took place approximately 200 years before the Trojan War. { This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to share ", "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/49/The+Burial+of+the+Dead+All+people+have+the+right+to+a+proper+burial%2C+as+designated+by+the+laws+of+the+gods..jpg", Renew your subscription to regain access to all of our exclusive, ad-free study tools. Theseus took pity on him, and led an expedition to Thebes, where he forced the Thebans to allow the Argives to bury their dead. a monster who devours anyone who cannot answer her riddle. "@type": "ImageObject", { To make this website work, we log user data and share it with processors. Which of the following ideas does the last sentence of the passage suggest? his own city. "width": "800" What makes Antigone a rebel the royal house of Thebes? ", Eteocles would rule for the first year, then Polyneices would take over for the second year. Focus is on psychological and ethical attributes of characters, rather than physical and sociological. ", }, 46 "@type": "ImageObject", "description": "He sent some of his men to draw water from a spring (later called Dirce) belonging to Ares (the god of war). "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/38/The+Riddle+and+the+Prize.jpg", Construct a survey to measure attitudes toward a variety of possible speech subjects (such as the media, government, and the entertainment industry), and give the survey to several classes in your school. He must face the world alone. Before killing them, the monster posed a riddle: "What goes on four legs in the morning, two at midday, and three in the evening?" Who tell the story of the Seven against Thebes? "@type": "ImageObject", Ino leaped into the sea with Melicertes is her arms. $24.99 . The first part of Oedipus fate had been fulfilled. The city is not heard from again. the tragic heroine Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes." How does Antigone's action as a rebel reveal the universal theme? "width": "800" { Creons Edicts Because Eteocles was a hero who defended Thebes from its attackers, he would be buried with full funeral rites and honors. ", A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. Laius returned to Thebes as its rightful king with Jocasta (a distant cousin), daughter of Menoeceus I as his queen. D. Antiques decorators manipulate time for a fee. "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/24/House+of+Thebes+Family+Tree+%28edited%29+Yes%2C+write+this+in+your+notes..jpg", In "The Royal House of Thebes", Antigone sacrifices her own life by disobeying Creon and burying Polyneices, her brother. The two Great Gods of the Earth. The spring was guarded by a serpent or dragon which was the sacred offspring of Ares. }, 61 "@type": "ImageObject", However, Pelops did not wish to punish a man on account of his love. It appears that you have an ad-blocker running. { { Jocasta, in her shame, hanged herself. the horrible truth. Enjoy access to millions of ebooks, audiobooks, magazines, and more from Scribd. Cadmus founded Thebes. Many years later, a terrible Sphinx (who put a riddle to every traveler and killed him when he did not answer correctly) besieged Thebes. Athena Goddess of wisdom, war strategies, the defense of cities, heroic endeavor, weaving, pottery and other crafts, domestic arts, agriculture, the olive tree, and Athens. Circa 495 \u2013 406 BC. "description": "Actors and playwrights competed. Autonome's son was turned into a deer while hunting and she watched him torn apart by his own dogs. "description": "Examples of Tragic Masks", }, 18 "name": "Examples of Tragic Masks", "description": "Eteocles and Polyneices met face-to-face on the battlefield and mortally wounded each other. Although her prophecies were destined to come true, her messages often consisted of incomplete information, and what she said was confusing for humans to completely understand. }, 26 Ismene wanted to share the blame, but Antigone would not let her. How the World and Mankind Were Created, and The Earliest Heroes, Part Two. When the place for the new city was determined, Cadmus decided to sacrifice the ox to the goddess Athena. This friend delivered the baby to Polybus, king of Corinth, and he and his wife, Meriope, adopted the child, giving him the name "Oedipus", which seems to mean "swollen foot" or "sore foot". Instead of abandoning the baby, Laius shepherd gave it to another shepherd, who in turn took the child to the city of Corinth. Cleverness is better than strength. Because Polyneices was a traitor to Thebes, his body would be left on the battlefield to be eaten by dogs and vultures. Oedipus had two sons, Polyneices and Eteocles and two daughters, Ismene and Antigone. Want 100 or more? "@type": "ImageObject", of Europa, the woman Zeus kidnaps while she is a cow. "@context": "http://schema.org", "@context": "http://schema.org", { "width": "800" Theseus would only do so if it were the will of the people. When Oedipus is born, Laius leaves the child tied up on a mountain to die. }, 30 Oedipus is suddenly exiled and has only Antigone, Sophocles. "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/9/Treasury+of+the+Athenians+at+Delphi.jpg", In the end, the kindly The Royal House of Athens Presentation By: Joel Petrucci . What was all that was left of the old Thebes? As Oedipus left Thebes, he cursed his sons and told them that their inheritance would be divided by the sword. Sow the earth with dragon's teeth. Polyneices and Eteocles despised their father for what he had done, even though it was not his fault. kills herself. ", 233 terms. She was depicted as crowned with a crested helm, armed with shield and spear, and wearing the snake-trimmed Aegis cloak wrapped around her breast and arm, adorned with the head of the Gorgon. Select three options. "width": "800" "@type": "ImageObject", House of Thebes Family Tree (continued)Labdacus Menoeceus I (Great-Grandchild of Cadmus) Laius = Jocasta Creon = Eurydice Oedipus Haemon Menoeceus II Creon took over the rule of the town and after years, Oedipus was kicked out. Later, Cadmeia was name of the citadel, while the entire city was . "description": "Zeus and Zeus Fighting a Titan", People will probably never perfect time travel. Oedipus, in his shame, took the two brooches from Jocastas gown and plunged the pins into his eyes, thus blinding himself from the vision of what he had done. "@context": "http://schema.org", Teiresias tells Creon that Thebes will be saved if Creons Adrastus immediately recognized the true meaning of the oracle, stopped the fight, and married his daughters to them. "@context": "http://schema.org", What did Ismene and Antigone come across as they returned to Thebes? ", are engaged to be married. What makes Antigone a rebel is her decision to go bury her brother, with or without Ismene.In "The Royal House of Thebes", Creon, the ruler of Thebes, forbids all citizens to bury Ismene and Antigone's brother Polynices, who is . "name": "Zeus and Zeus Fighting a Titan", "contentUrl": "https://slideplayer.com/slide/1469048/4/images/1/The+Tragedy+of+the+Royal+House+of+Thebes+Outline+Notes.jpg", The Fate of Cadmus and Harmonia. Cadmus confronted the dragon and killed it. Polyneices dying words express Who tell the story of the Seven against Thebes? (for a summary of the action of the play, see. He asked Apollo were she was Slideshow 2196232 by. THE MYTH Oedipus: Oedipus: The Myth King Laius of Thebes learned from an oracle that he was destined to have a son who would kill his own father and. Which statements accurately define archetypes? Neither would relinquish, swords were drawn, and a battle ensued. "width": "800" The Argive armies were defeated and Thebes was victorious. "description": "Each person is given a personal allotment of unavoidable suffering. "@type": "ImageObject", Conflicts, never to return king and Queen. `` he leave before he defiled grove. 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