| A | B |
|---|
| Smart brother of Europa; founder of Thebes | Cadmus |
| Son who cares about his father's reputation; fiance of Antigone | Haemon |
| Queen who curses husband before her death; discreet but brokenhearted mother | Eurydice |
| Timid sister; wants to share blame; cannot "fight" with men | Ismene |
| King of Corinth; wanted son; accepted "gift from gods" | Polybus |
| Queen, mother, wife who kills herself when truth comes out | Jocasta |
| King who tries to outwit oracle; dies at hand of son | Laius |
| Name means "swollen feet" | Oedipus |
| Woman-lion creature quizzes travelers | Sphinx |
| Daughter-sister wanders with dad-brother in exile | Antigone |
| Prince of Corinth who will NEVER return home | Oedipus |
| Uncle serves as regent during troubled times for Thebes | Creon |
| Queen of Corinth who accepts baby with swollen ankles as her "son" | Merope |
| "Father of Thebes" who wants to honor gods and find wrong-doer | Oedipus |
| King-son who first rules Thebes | Eteocles |
| Prince who goes into self-exile when he hears the oracle's pronouncement | Oedipus |
| Prince who attacked Thebes for his "turn" at the throne | Polyneices |
| Young man given kingdom by grateful city | Oedipus |
| Bride of Hades for her devotion to gods and brother | Antigone` |
| King who learns wisdom of gods in the hardest way | Creon |
