City-States in Fifth-Century Greece
A place with its own customs, dialect and separate government.
What are city-states?
The primary purpose of theater in ancient Athens
What is to entertain and educate citizens about civic and moral issues?
Sophocles is best known for this
What are his tragedies?
The expectations of women in classical Greek society
What are to manage the household and bear children?
The primary belief about the afterlife in ancient Greek culture?
What is that the soul continues to exist after death?
The size and general locations of city-states
What are small plains ringed by mountains and seas.
The god associated with theater and wine in ancient Greece
Who is Dionysus?
Number of plays Sophocles wrote that still survive today
What is seven?
Expectations of men in ancient Greece
What is to be warriors and political leaders?
People responsible for burial rituals in ancient Greece
Who are family members?
The most important city-states in Greece
What is Athens and Sparta?
The role the Chorus plays in Greek theater
What is to comment on the action and express collective emotions?
An innovative theatrical element Sophocles introduced to Greek drama
What is the use of a third actor?
A societal definition of a "good woman" in ancient Greece.
What is being obedient and modest?
Reason a proper burial was considered important in ancient Greece
What is to ensure the deceased's soul could find peace in the afterlife?
Competitions and wars with neighbors
What is rivalry between city-states?
The three great playwrights of ancient Greece.
Who is Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides?
The central conflict in Sophocles' "Antigone."
What is the clash between Antigone's familial loyalty and Creon's law?
A restriction placed on women in ancient Greece
What is they could not vote or own property?
A consequence of improper burial according to ancient Greek beliefs.
What is the soul would be restless or suffer in the afterlife?
The way city-states were governed.
What is democracy?
Performance differences in the City Dionysia vs. modern theatrical performances
What is performed in daylight and were public events with civic rituals?
Themes commonly explored in Sophocles' works
What are fate, free will, and moral conflict?
Greek theater's reflection of gender roles in society
What is through the portrayal of strong female characters who challenged societal norms?
Practices that were commonly involved in Greek burial rituals
What are offerings, rituals, and the use of grave markers?