Oedipus study guide Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers

Oedipus study guide Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers What news does the messenger from Corinth bring that will make Oedipus both happy and sad. - answerThe messenger brings the news that Polubus is dead and Oedipus will be the new king. He's sad because the man he thinks is his father is dead but happy because he did not kill him. why does this news make Jocasta happy? - answerBecause she knows this will make Oedipus happy that he did not kill him What does Oedipus still fear despite hearing the news about Polybus? - answerOedipus still fears that he will marry his mother like the oracle said. Why does the messenger tell Oedipus he should not fear returning to Corinth? - answerHe tells him he doesn't need to worry because Polybus and Merope were not his real parents. How does the messenger know that Oedipus is not the child of Polybus and Merope? - answerThe messenger is the one that found Oedipus in the shady valleys of Mount Cithaeron when he was a baby Where and in what condition did the messenger find baby Oedipus? - answerHe found him with his feet pinned together in the shady valleys of Mount Cithaeron What happened to Oedipus' feet when he was a baby? - answerHis parents pinned them together so he would die in the desert