About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Sophocles
What civilization made tragedy into an art.
Greeks
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
Athens
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
7
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
The parents of Oedipus
When is the final deadline for the Antigone essay?
May 28
The nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
The Golden Age
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy
Pity and fear
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
The prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
What will your final be on?
Antigone and passage analysis
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition.
28
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
Chorus
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Jocasta
How many terms will be on the Ascher quiz
20
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
3
What is catharsis?
Horrible truth that leads to release
The Greek word for actor
hypokrites
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
“Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices”
What is the prompt for the Antigone essay?
How conflicting motivations contribute to Creon's character development and advance the plot