About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
Oedipus
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Sophocles
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Greeks
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
Athens
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus
100
Who is the brother of Oedipus?
Creon
200
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
7
200
A downfall, usually ending in destruction or death, happens to this character in tragedies.
Tragic Hero
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
Choral Ode
200
The parents of Oedipus.
King Laius and Queen Jocasta
200
What is the last name of Oedipus?
Cadmus
300
It was the golden age in ancient Greece
Nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
Emotions elicited by tragedy
300
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear (2 things) **Double Jeopardy**
Masks with built-in microphones and platform shoes
300
What is the prophecy given to the King and Queen of Thebes?
Your son will kill his father and marry his mother
300
What does Oedipus do when he realizes he married his mother?
Blinds and exiles himself.
400
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition. **Double Jeopardy**
28
400
Another name for the tragic flaw that leads to a character's downfall.
Hamartia
400
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
Chorus
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Jocasta
400
What does Jocasta do when she realizes she married her son?
Hangs herself
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
3
500
Horrible truth that leads to release or purification.
Catharsis
500
The Greek word for actor.
Hypokrites
500
What is the decree Creon sets that begins the action of the play
Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices
500
Name the children of Oedipus.
Antigone, Polyneices, Eteocles, Ismene
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