Parallelism - between the two species of a plant or an animals is one difference of others
Synonymous - having someone of a synonymous like reference to runners
Synthetic - relating to or a affect the body to systemic disease
Antithetical - the nature or opposed. Or contrasted like the opposite
In Oedipus rex, sphinx symbolises the Oedipus courage, when Oedipus courageously without being scared of the death accepted the riddle of sphinx. He gave the correct answer of his riddle. Which cause him disappear and he died at that very moment.So it was the courage that caused a great set back to the death.