About the Author
It's A Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
100
He was the author of Oedipus and Antigone
What is Sophocles
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
What is Greeks.
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens.
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What is Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius
200
This is the number of Sophocles plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy.
200
The part of a Greek play usually changed (or sung) in unison.
What is the Choral Ode
200
The King and Queen of Thebes
What is the parents of Oedipus
300
It was the "Golden Age" in ancient Greece
What is the nickname for when Sophocles wrote his plays.
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What is the emotions aroused by tragedy.
300
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What is what actors in a Greek tragedy wore
300
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes
400
This is Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28.
400
A single flaw in character or hamartia.
What is brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy. A "tragic flaw."
400
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What is the Chorus
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
What is Jocasta
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.
What is catharsis.
500
The Greek word for actor
What is hypocrite
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is bury Eteocles but not Polyneices
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