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Reviewer for English Quiz Bee PSHS G10 Q1
Oedipus
Who became the King of Thebes? (After the other King of Thebes dies)
Jocasta
What is the name of Oedipus’ Wife? (Tapos nanay niya pala huhu)
Creon
Who is Oedipus’ Brother-in-Law? (Tito niya rin ‘to naurrr)
Teiresias
Who was the Old Blind Prophet? (Yung nag spill kay Oedipus na siya yung killer ng King of Thebes at si Oedipus rin yung ‘cause ng “doom” of Thebes. Nagalit tuloy si Oedipus at inutusan niya yung guards na paalisin siya. Bro has anger issues fr.)
Cadmus
Who is the Mythical Founder and the First King of Thebes?
Thebes
What is the city in central Greece where the play mainly takes place?
Suppliant Crowns
What were the wreaths worn by people who ask favors of the gods?
Suppliant Garlands
What were the branches wound in wool that were placed on the altar and left there until the suppliant’s request was granted?
Double Shrine of Pallas
What is the Two Temples of Athena called?
Temple of Apollo
What temple is located by Ismenus, the Theban river, where the priests studied patterns in the ashes of sacrificial victims to foretell the future. (The temple where Isemenus gives oracles by fire)?
Mount Cithaeron
What is the mountain near Thebes on which Oedipus was abandoned as an infant?
Sphinx
Who was the winged female monster at Thebes that ate the people who fail to decipher her riddle?
Pythian Temple
What is the shrine of Apollo at Delphi that is located below Mount Parnassus in central Greece?
Sprigs of Fruitful Laurel
What is the crown of laurel that signified good news? (Laurel symbolized triumph)
King Phoebus Apollo
Who is referred to as the God of the Sun and Delian Healer?
King Laius
Who was the King of Thebes before Oedipus? (Is also Oedipus’ biological father qwq)
King Polybus and Queen Merope of the city of Corinth
Who are the adoptive parents of Oedipus?
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