About the Author
It’s a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
Olympic Gods and Goddesses
100
Aristotle
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
100
Greek civilization
What civilization made tragedy into an art.
100
Athens
What city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
100
Aeschylus and Euripides
What are the other two plays in the series with Antigone
100
Zeus
The god of thunder and king of the Olympians
200
7 plays
What is the number of Sophocles’s plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
200
tragic hero
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
200
The orchestra
What is the part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
200
King Creon
Who is The King and Queen of Thebes
200
Dionysus
Who is the god of wine; celebrated in the springtime with festivals involving theater
300
5th century BC
What was the golden age in ancient Greece.
300
Ismene
What is pity and fear, wonder and awe
300
hypokrites
What are masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
300
Oedipus Rex
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
300
Hades
Who is the god of the dead; lives in the underworld
400
28
This was Sophocles’s age when he won his first drama competition.
400
fatal flow
What is a single flaw in character, or hamartia
400
the chorus
What is a group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
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