About the Author & Act 1
He is the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
The wife of Creon
Who is Eurydice?
The opening scene reveals a major conflict between which two character?
Who is Ismene and Antigone?
This is the number of actors the playwright cast in his plays
What is three?
Downfall, usually ending with 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 brother of Jocasta.
Who is Creon?
Antigone wants to bury this brother.
Who is Polyneices?
The current king of Thebes when the play starts
Who is Creon?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
The actors in Greek tragedy wore these two items.
What are masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes?
The son of Creon
Who is Haemon?
This brother is buried with full honors
Who is Eteocles?
The name of the army of invaders in the Ode
What is the Argive army?
This brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy
What is a single flaw in character, also known as hamartia?
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
The name of the city where the play takes place.
What is Thebes?
Two adjectives to describe Ismene
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Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
The king/father killed by Oedipus.
Who is Lauis?
Two adjectives to describe Antigone.
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