About the Author
The author of Antigone
Sophocles
This civilization made tragedy into an art
The Greeks
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival
Athens
Name one of the other two plays in the series with Antigone
Oedipus Rex or Oedipus at Colonius
The number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100
7
By definition, what is the difference between a tragedy and comedy?
Tragedy: sad ending; comedy: happy ending
What part of a Greek play is chanted or sung in unison?
Choral Ode/the chorus
What was the role of the parents of Oedipus?
King and Queen
The nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays
The Golden Age
The term for a character who experiences a downfall, usually ending in destruction or death
Tragic hero
What actors wore in Greek tragedies for enhancement
Masks
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his mother..."
Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition
28
What is the meaning of the term hamartia?
Brings about a character to a disaster in a Greek tragedy/ a fatal flaw
Describe where ancient Greek plays would be performed
Open-air outdoor ampitheaters, could seat 40,000 in escalating rows, a stage/skene slightly raised
This is both the mother and wife of Oedipus
Jocasta
The number of actors Sophocles had in his plays
3
What is the term for a horrible truth that leads to a release?
Catharsis
Hypokrites
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
Bury Eteocles, but NOT Polyneices (or bury one brother but not the other)