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servants of Zeus
tell Hephaestus to carry out Zeus' orders and bind Prometheus
Might and Violence
Nails Prometheus to rock
Hephaestus
Titan who befriended Olympians and then betrayed Zeus by giving men fire.
Prometheus
Warns Prometheus to play nice
Offers to ask Zeus to be nice to P.
Oceanos
Chorus that tries to help Prometheus by conversing with him
Daughters of Ocean
Maiden pursued by lustful Zeus.
Zeus turned her into cow; Hera sent a gadfly to chase her all the way from Argos.
Prometheus says she will go to Egypt and have a son, Epaphus.
Io
Sent by Zeus to demand to know who is plotting against Zeus
Hermes
gad-fly chased Io from here
Argos
Greatest of Prometheus' gifts to man is linked to fact that Prometheus himself says he has a 'bit' in his mouth
Horse Taming
Sends a gad-fly to chase Io
Hera
Punishes Prometheus for conspiring to help humans
Zeus
King of Thebes
Oedipus
Son and husband of Jocasta
Oedipus
Father of Ismene and Antigone
Oedipus
Cursed Thebes.
Riddle bested by Oedipus; he gets kingship and hand of Jocasta as a result
Sphinx
Wife and mother of Oedipus
Jocasta
widow of Laius
Jocasta
Brother in law of Oedipus
Informs that curse is b/c murderer of King Laius never caught
Accused by Oedipus of plotting w/ Teiresias
Creon
Seer, tells Oedipus that he killed Laius
Accused by Oedipus of conspiracy
Teiresias
Father of Oedipus
Killed at crossroads
King of Thebes
Laius
Caused Oedipus to flee Corinth
Oracle
attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polyneices, even though he was a traitor to Thebes.
Antigone
the new ruler of Thebes, has declared that Eteocles will be honored and Polynices disgraced.
Creon
Creon's son and Antigone's fiancé, enters to pledge allegiance to his father. He initially seems willing to join Creon, but when Haemon gently tries to persuade his father to spare Antigone, the discussion deteriorates and the two men are soon bitterly insulting each other. Haemon leaves, vowing never to see Creon again. Kills self w/ Antigone
Haemon
Apollo also revealed to Oedipus that at the end of his life he would die at a place like this, and be a blessing for the land in which he is buried.
Grove of the Eumenides
sympathizes with Oedipus, and offers him unconditional aid, causing Oedipus to praise him and offer him the gift of his burial site, which will ensure victory in a future conflict with Thebes.
Theseus
threatens to use force to bring Oedipus back to Thebes
Creon
the king of Athens, is serving a year's voluntary exile after having murdered a local king and his sons
Theseus
son of Theseus, has sworn chastity and refuses to revere Aphrodite. Reveres Artemis instead
Hippolytus
Plans vengeance on Hippolytus. Makes his stepmother, Phaedra, fall in love with him.
Aphrodite
hangs herself after it comes out that she loves her step son
Phaedra
tells Hippolytus of Phaedra's desire
Phaedra's nurse
explains to Theseus that his son was innocent and that it was Phaedra who lied
Artemis
frightens Hippolytus' chariot, hurting him badly
Bull from the Sea
agrees to be taken in Admetus' stead because she wishes not to leave her children fatherless or be bereft of her lover
Alcestis
challenges Apollo's apparent defense of Alcestis and accuses him of "twisting slippery tricks" when he helped Admetus cheat death in the first place.
Death
decides to ambush and confront Death when the funerary sacrifices are made at Alcestis' tomb. Saves Alcestis from death.
Heracles
made the deal that Admetus gets to live with the Fates
Apollo
Husband of Alcestis
Admetus
father of Admetus
Refuses to die in place of Alcestis
Pheres
forces Admetus to offer hospitality to Herakles, though his wife has just died
Xenia (guest-friendship)
Son of Apollo, killed by Zeus. This prompted Apollo to kill Cyclops, and get banished.
Asclepius
three-headed dog guarding Styx
Cerberus
a young god, angry that his mortal family, the royal house of Cadmus, has denied him a place of honor as a deity
Dionysos
Mother of Dionysos by Zeus.
Semele
Sister of Semele, mother of Pentheus
Agave
perceiving two Thebes and two bulls (Dionysus often took the form of a bull) leading him
Double Vision (of Pentheus)
Old man, father of Pentheus, eventually turned into a snake
Cadmus
only one unharmed in The Bacchae
Teiresias