About the Author
The author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
The civilization that made tragedy into an art
Who were the Greeks?
City where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
The two characters featured in Scene 1
Who are Ismene and Antigone?
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who are the parents of Oedipus?
The Brother who does NOT receive a burial.
Who is Polyneices?
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the golden age?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What did actors in Greek tragedy wear?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
Said "we must remember we are women and such shouldn't fight with men"
Who is Ismene?
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
A single flaw in a character, or hamartia
What brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting a one character
What is the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Antigone said " Don't fear for me. Set your ____ in order".
What is fate?
The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
"Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices."
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play?
Two opposite words used together (juxtapositions) to show the relationship between two sisters.
What are love and hate?