About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Family
Plot
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art
Who were the Greeks?
100
The city where 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 Colonius
100

Creon considers him a traitor.

Who is Polynices?

200
The number of Sophocles plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
200
A downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
What is the ending for a hero in a Greek tragedy?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison
What is the Chorale Ode?
200
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
200

Antigone is arrested and sentences to death for committing this crime.

What is giving Polynices proper burial rites?

300
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
300
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
300
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
300

Creon's son Haemon, the blind prophet Teiresias, and the Chorus all beg Creon to do this.

What is release Antigone from prison?
400
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
What is 28?
400
The cause of a hero's fall 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 was the Chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
400

These two brothers kill each other fighting for the throne of Thebes.

Who are Polynices and Eteocles?

500
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 hypokrites?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
500

This character kills themselves after finding their fiancé dead.

Who is Haemon?

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