Greek Theater
Oedipus
Drama
Characters
Vocabulary
100
He wrote Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
100
Laios
Who is Oedipus' father?
100
The main person of the play who is in trouble.
What is the protagonist?
100
The protagonist
Who is Antigone?
100
Chorister
What is a member of the chorus?
200
The god of wine to which they celebrate
What is Dionysos?
200
The person who acts against the main character.
What is antagonist?
200
The antagonist of the play.
Who is Creon?
200
Piety
What is Holiness; respect for the divine?
300
Prologue
What is the beginning of the play where information is given that has happened before the play begins?
300
Antigone takes him there.
What is the exile of Oedipus?
300
Tragedy
What is a dramatic event that happens to the protagonist because of a character flaw...a part of their makek-up that cannot be changed.
300
An expression of grief; weeping
What is lamentation?
400
The chorus moves from left to right as they recite a poem.
What is antistrophe?
400
His wife
Who is Iocaste, also his mother?
400
The antagonist of Antigone
Why is Creon?
400
The director of the chorus
Who is Choragos?
400
Blasphemy
What is disrespectful action or speech against a deity?
500
Paean
What is calling on many names of the god, Dionysus to plead for help?
500
His four children
Who are: Eteocles, Polyneices, Ismene and Antigone
500
Exodus
What is the part of the play where the characters begin to make their final statements, final scene.
500
The wife of Creon
Who is Eurydice?
500
Vile
What is uielding in thought?
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