About the Author
Greek Theater
It's a Tragedy
Antigone and Her Family
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
100
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What was the Chorus?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
100
The prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes.
What is "Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother"?
200
It was the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is the "Golden Age" in ancient Greece?
200
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
200
This is the word for a single flaw in character that would lead to the characters' final end.
What is hamartia?
200
Eteocles and Polyneices.
Who are Antigone's brothers?
300
This is the number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
300
These two items were part of what actors wore in ancient Greece.
What are masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes?
300
Pity, fear, wonder and awe.
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
300
The former king of Thebes, murdered by his own son.
Who is Laius?
400
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
The part of a Greek play usually changed (or sung) in unison.
What is the Choral Ode?
400
This is the ending that a hero in a Greek tragedy can expect.
What is a downfall, usually ending in destruction or death?
400
Both mother and wife to Oedipus; both mother and grandmother to Antigone.
Who is Jocasta?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
500
A horrible truth that leads to release.
What is a catharsis?
500
This is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
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