About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Who was Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
100
This city was were tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
200
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
200
This is the ending for a 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 king and queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus? Who were King Laius and Queen Jocasta?
300
It was the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What is the "Golden Age"?
300
These are the emotions aroused by tragedy.
What is pity and fear, wonder and awe?
300
Items worn by actors in a Greek tragedy.
What are masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes?
300
The prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes
What is "Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother"?
400
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
This is what brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy.
What is a single flaw in character, or hamartia?
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
Who is Jocasta?
500
This is the number of actors Sophocles had in his plays.
What is 3?
500
This is the horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
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