About the Author
The author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
Civilization that made tragedy into an art
Who were the Greeks?
City where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival
What is Athens?
The first play in the series in which Antigone is part
What is Oedipus Rex?
The number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of more than 100
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the choral ode?
Oedipus thought this man was his father
Who is King Polybus of Corinth?
The nickname of the time period in Ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is The Golden Age?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character
What is the chorus?
She is both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
What is hamartia?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
He gives this prophecy: "Your son will kill his father and marry his mother."
Who is Tiresias?
The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
The decree that Creon gives at the beginning of the play
What is "Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices?"