About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who was/is Sophocles?
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were/are the Greeks?
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius?
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Downfall, usually ending with 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?
The King and Queen of Thebes.
Who are/were the parents of Oedipus?
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is/was the golden age?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition?
What is 28?
A single flaw in character, or hamartia.
What brings/brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What is/was the chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus.
Who is/was Jocasta?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
What is hypokrites?
"Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices."
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.