# Apollo — Oedipus Rex character guide

> Apollo in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** King Phoebus, Phoebus, Loxias

**First appearance:** 0002-oedipus-rex

## Who they are

God whose oracle at Delphi prophesied Oedipus's fate.

## Relationships

### [Jocasta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/jocasta)

_psychological_

Apollo's prophecy dominates Jocasta's fate, as she tries to defy his oracle but ultimately becomes a victim of its fulfillment.

### [Teiresias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/teiresias)

_professional_

Apollo is the god who grants Teiresias his prophetic powers, and Teiresias serves as Apollo's mouthpiece in revealing the truth to Thebes.

### [Laius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/laius)

_psychological_

Apollo's oracle foretold Laius's death at the hands of his own son, making Laius a victim of divine manipulation and fear.

### [Creon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/creon)

_psychological_

Apollo's oracle drives Creon's actions, as Creon seeks to obey the god's command to purge Thebes of Laius's murderer.

### [Teiresias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/teiresias)

_professional_

Apollo is the god who grants Teiresias his prophetic powers, and Teiresias serves as Apollo's mouthpiece in revealing the truth to Thebes.

### [Jocasta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/jocasta)

_psychological_

Apollo's prophecy dominates Jocasta's fate, as she tries to defy his oracle but ultimately becomes a victim of its fulfillment.

### [Jocasta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oedipus_rex_se/characters/jocasta)

_psychological_

Apollo's prophecy dominates Jocasta's fate, as she tries to defy his oracle but ultimately becomes a victim of its fulfillment.

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