All in the Family
I am the Law!
Sibling Rivalries
Who Said That?
It's Greek to Me
100
Ismene and Eteocles are ___________
Brother and sister
100
Why did Creon believe that Polyneices was a traitor?
He attacked his own city
100
Why doesn't Ismene want to help Antigone at the beginning of the play?
Ismene is afraid of Creon's law/punishment
100

“Then take this foolish man away from here. I killed you, my son, without intending to, and you as well, my wife. How useless I am now.”

Creon

100

What did the prize of the laurel wreath symbolize? 

Truth

200
Eurydice is Haimon's __________
Mother
200
What was the original penalty for burying Polyneices' body?
Public execution by stoning
200
Why doesn't Antigone let Ismene die with her?
Ismene doesn't deserve an honorable death because she didn't help bury Polyneices
200

“We must remember that by birth, we are women, and as such, we shouldn’t fight with men.”

Ismene

200

What is the Greek word for the fatal flaw of Pride?

Hubris

300
Antigone plans to marry Haimon, who is also her ________
Cousin
300
Why does Creon believe that locking Antigone in a cave will "absolve the State of her death"?
He isn't actually *killing* her
300
Why did Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other?
They had a deal, Eteocles broke his promise, and Polyneices attacked Thebes.
300

“I’ll still bury him. It would be fine to die while doing that. I’ll lie here with him, with a man I love, pure and innocent, for all my crime.”

Antigone

300

What is the word for the feeling the audience should leave with at the end of a Greek play?

Catharsis

400
Creon was Polyneices' _____________
Uncle
400
When the sentry notifies Creon that someone has buried Polyneices, what does Creon threaten him with?
Torture
400
How is Antigone caught burying Polyneices?
The guards dust off the body, and Antigone re-buries it.
400

“Then she’ll die—and in her death kill someone else.”

Haimon

400

What is the final scene of a Greek play called?

Exodus

500
Oedipus was Antigone's father and _____________
(half) brother
500
When Haimon tries to convince Creon to free Antigone, what does Creon threaten to do in order to teach Haimon a lesson?
Kill Antigone right in front of Haimon.
500
What were Creon's decrees about each brother's body?
Eteocles: buried/honored as a hero Polyneices: body will be left to rot
500

“You will not see the sun race through its cycle many times before you lose a child of your own loins, a corpse in payment for these corpses.

Tiresias

500

What is the philosophy Greek theater presents?

Fate punishes people who do not obey the laws of the gods

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