Sophocles
The Author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
Civilization that made tragedy into an art
Who were the Greeks?
City where tragedies were produced as a part of a religious festival
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
The comparison of unlike things without like or as
What is a metaphor?
The number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek Tragedy
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who are the parents of Oedipus?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of a word
What is alliteration?
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the Golden Age?
Pity and Fear, Wonder and Awe
What are the emotions aroused by Tragedy?
What did actors in a greek tragedy wear?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother"
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes.
The change in tone that occurs in a poem.
What is the shift?
Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
a single flaw in character, or hamartia
What brings a hero to disaster in a Greek Tragedy
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
a Petrarchan Sonnet
What is three?
Horrible truth that leads to release
what is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
what is hypokrites?
"Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play?
The appearance of being real or true
What is "verisimilitude"?