About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and her Fam
Group Work
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius?
100
The person who writes
Who is the Scribe?
200
This is the number of Sophocles’s plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7 plays?
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
200
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
200
The person who gets materials and "runs" the group. The "boss"
Who is the Facilitator?
300
It was the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is the Golden Age in ancient Greece?
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions caused by a tragedy (type of play)?
300
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What are costumes that actors in a Greek tragedy wore?
300
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
300
This person draws and/or designs
Who is the Artist?
400
This was Sophocles’s age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
Brings a hero to disaster in a Greek Tragedy. A single flaw in character.
What is hamartia?
400
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
400
This person keeps track of time, checks for spelling and completeness.
Who is the Note Checker/Time Keeper?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
500
"bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play?
500
How it "looks"
What is knee to knee and eye to eye?
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