Question

Why is ironic that Oedipus refers to the citizens as his children

A. Because they really are his children
B. Because the chorus is made up of respected elders and men who are older than he is
C. Because Oedipus can't have children
D. Because Oedipus is cursed

Answer 1

Oedipus killed his father and was sleeping with his own mother, all of this without knowing it. After a few years, Oedipus and his mother have children who, because of their blood ties, are their own sibling.

Why is it ironic that Oedipus refers to the citizens as his children?

a. because they really are his children

Answer 2

The correct option is A

Oedipus was a mythical king of Thebes, son of Laius and Jocasta who, unknowingly, killed his own father and married his mother.

The oldest reference of the Oedipus myth is found in the Odyssey, in the chapter Evocation of the dead. There, Epicasta, his mother, goes to the abode of Hades to purge incest, while Oedipus, although with setbacks, continues to reign over the cadms of Thebes