Oedipus Rex test review With Collect Answers

Why are the suppliants burning incense and singing at Apollo's shrine and other locations throughout Thebes? - collect answer-They have been devastated by a plague, which has caused illness, death, and lack of work. The suppliants are praying/begging the gods for help. What do the suppliants expect from Oedipus? - collect answer-Oedipus saved Thebes from the terror of the sphinx, and the people of Thebes expect that Oedipus can save them again from the plague. They expect that he will find the murderer of King Laios. What was the Sphinx? How is she important to this story? - collect answer-The sphinx is an ancient mythological creature common to many different cultures, although each culture interprets its existence differently. The ancient Greeks viewed the Sphinx with terror, as the Sphinx could course whole populations with a riddle. She does this in Oedipus and the title character saves Thebes by solving the riddle. Tieresias - collect answer-blind prophet who is skilled at seeing the future/truth -tells Oedipus that the murderer has slept with mom and killed dad Jocasta - collect answer--Oedipus' wife and mother -Frequently critical of the gods and prophecies -kills herself when she realizes who Oedipus is Creon - collect answer--Oedipus' brother-in-law and uncle -reasonable man with the city of Thebes on his mind