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What does Oedipus learn about laius' death?
That Laius was his father and he killed him, and married his mother Jocasta.
Who is laius' father?
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
What does Oedipus discover in his search to find the murderer of Laius?
That he killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
Who were Jocasta and Laius?
Laius and Jocasta were the King and Queen of Thebes. Jocasta was a distant cousin of Laius, and Laius was third in descent from Cadmus. They were also the parents of Oedipus.
Who is Jocasta's first husband in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Laius is Jocasta's first husband in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is married two times. Her first husband is her cousin, King Laius. Not too long after Laius is killed, Jocasta marries her second husband, Oedipus, who unbeknownst to the two also is her cousin and her son.
What does Oedipus learn about laius' death?
That Laius was his father and he killed him, and married his mother Jocasta.
Who is laius' father?
Laius was father of Oedipus by Jocasta and the son of king Labdacus of Thebes.
What does Oedipus discover in his search to find the murderer of Laius?
That he killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta.
Who were Jocasta and Laius?
Laius and Jocasta were the King and Queen of Thebes. Jocasta was a distant cousin of Laius, and Laius was third in descent from Cadmus. They were also the parents of Oedipus.
Who is Kind Laius?
Laius was the king of Thebes, the father of Oedipus by Jocasta and later killed unknowningly by his son who than unknowingly married his mother.
Who is Jocasta's first husband in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Laius is Jocasta's first husband in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta is married two times. Her first husband is her cousin, King Laius. Not too long after Laius is killed, Jocasta marries her second husband, Oedipus, who unbeknownst to the two also is her cousin and her son.
Son of laius and jocasta who in greek mythology killed his father and married his mother not knowing their identities?
oedipus
What did king laius and queen jocasta learned?
That thier son will kill it's father (Laius) and marry it's mother (Jocasta).
Who is Laius's son?
Oedipus was his son; Laius and Jocasta abandoned and (at least they thought they) killed him because they got a prophecy that their child would hurt Laius. Oedipus was, however, saved by this shepherd and grew up, not knowing anything about his real origin. So we can say Jocasta was both Oedipus's mother and wife... how terrific!!
Who is Jocasta's son?
In Greek mythology she was the mother of Oedipus by Laius. After Oedipus killed Laius and married her she was the mother of Antigone, Eteocles, Polynices and Ismene by Oedipus. Of these, only Eteocles and Polynices were male.
What character tells lies in 'Oedipus Rex'?
The Theban shepherd is the character who tells lies in "Oedipus Rex" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, the Theban shepherd is Queen Jocasta's most trusted servant and the eyewitness to the murder of Jocasta's husband, King Laius. He says that Laius is killed by a group of robbers. But in fact, the shepherd knows very well that Laius is killed by Oedipus, the native Theban whom the shepherd saves from death as a three-day-old infant and the Corinthian runaway who marries Laius' widow, Queen Jocasta.
Who kills Laius according to Jocasta in 'Oedipus Rex'?
Foreign robbers kill Laius according to Jocasta in "Antigone" by Sophocles (495 B.C.E. - 405 B.C.E.).Specifically, Theban Queen Jocasta tells her second husband Oedipus that her first husband Laius is killed by foreign robbers in a foreign land. Her information comes from an eyewitness account by her most trusted servant. That servant and the guilty are the only survivors of that fatal attack on Laius and his five-member escort party.
