Author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art
What were the Greeks?
100
The city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The two other plays written by Sophocles in the trilogy with Antigone.
What is Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
100
Main character; eldest daughter and sister of Oedipus
Who is Antigone?
200
This is the number of plays that exist from this author today out of a total of more than 100 he wrote.
What is seven?
200
The ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy.
What is downfall, usually ending with destruction or death?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison.
What is the Choral Ode?
200
The parents of Oedipus.
Who is the king and queen of Thebes?
200
This character's nephews have killed each other, and he is now the new king.
Who is Creon?
300
The nickname of th etime period when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is the Golden Age?
300
2 of the 4 emotions aroused by tragedy.
What is pity, fear, wonder, and awe?
300
Parts of the costume that were always worn; one showed emotion and helped project the voice of the actors in Greek theater. The other made the actors taller.
What is the mask and platform shoes?
300
The prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes about Oedipus, their son.
What is "Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother?"
300
Ismene's lover, Creon's son, and heir to the throne.
Who is Haemon?
400
Sophocles was this age when he won his first drama competition.
What is twenty-eight?
400
Name of a single character flaw that brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy.
What is hamartia?
400
The name for a group of actors that moved and sang together acting as one character.
What is the Chorus?
400
Antigone's relationship to Oedipus.
What is father & half brother?
400
This character is to guard the corpse to make sure no one buries it; a nervous, beat-around-the-bush type of character
Who is the Guard?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release; a release of emotion.
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor (spell & pronounced correctly).
What is hypokrites?
500
The decree of Creon that begin the actions of the play.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices?"
500
The two brothers who kill each other in battle; one is to be buried honorably, but the other is to be left for the birds and wild dogs.