About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
Misc. Information
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He was the author of at least 100 plays, including Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who was 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 king and queen of Thebes
Who are Oedipus' parents?
100
Awarded 20 times
How many times Sophecles won first place in drama competitions?
200
This is the number os Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
200
Platform shoes and masks with built-in megaphones
What did Greek actors wear?
200
"Your son will kill his father and marry his mother."
What is the prophecy given to teh king and queen of Thebes?
200
The answer to the Sphinx's riddle: what walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening?
What is a man?
300
It was the time nickname o the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is the "Golden Age" of ancient Greece.
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
300
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
Who was the Chorus?
300
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
300
Creon said that one could be buried and the other couldn't
What happened when Eteocles and Polyneices killed each other?
400
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first dama competition.
What is 28?
400
A single flaw in character that brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy.
What is hamartia?
400
The emotion of the characters
What is the reason the audience came to see plays in ancient Greece.
400
To avoid fulfillment of the prophecy
What is the reason Oedipus was left out in the wilderness?
400
The action that begins the play Antigone
What is Antigone deciding to bury her brother even thought the king forbid it?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
Explores the interactions between the gods and mortals
What is a Greek tragedy?
500
Happened off stage and was relayed to the audience via messengers
What is violent action?
500
The brothers of Antigone who are supposed to share the kingship
Who are Eteocles and Polyneices?
500
The fate of Oedipus
What is gouging his eyes out and banishing himself from Thebes?
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