About The Author
He is the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is seven?
Downfall, usually ending with 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?
It is the golden age in ancient Greece
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
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?
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition.
What is twenty-eight?
A single flaw in character, also known as 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?
This is the number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays.
What is three?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is “bury Eteocles but not Polyneices”?