Family Tree
Antigone's sister
Who is Ismene?
A general name for the songs sung by the chorus, usually composed of a more complicated meter.
What is an ode?
There were usually this many people in the chorus.
What are 12-15 men?
She hanged herself.
Who is Antigone?
She held family values over the state.
Who is Antigone?
Antigone's fiance/cousin
Who is Haemon?
Excessive pride
What is hubris?
In Antigone, the chorus represents these people.
What are the city elders?
He stabbed himself.
Who is Haemon?
He values the state over family.
Who is Creon?
Creon's relation to Antigone and Ismene
What is an uncle?
A synonym for a scene.
What is an episode?
Greek plays were usually dedicated to this god.
Who is Dionysius?
She killed herself after learning of her son's death.
Who is Eurydice?
This is why burial is important in Ancient Greek Society.
What is the souls of dead will be at rest and living will not be cursed?
Antigone's and Ismene's father.
Who is Oedipus?
A stasiomn performed at a time of heightened emotion which includes not only the chorus but also one of the main characters.
What is Kommos?
He wrote Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
He wants someone to kill him at the end of the play, but they don't.
Who is Creon?
This is why Creon sentences Antigone to starve to death in the cave.
What is indirect killing and public opinion?
Antigone's mother and grandmother.
Who is Jocasta?
A dramatic work that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude.
What is Aristotle's definition of a Tragedy?
Approximately this many people could watch an Ancient Greek play performed.
What are 15,000 people?
They killed each other before the play begins.
Who are Eteocles and Polynices?
This is why Antigone's family is cursed.
What is incest (son and mother)?