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?
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
Excessive pride or arrogance, often a fatal flaw in tragic heros
What is hubris?
What is the number of Sophocle'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 Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The king and the queen of Thebes
Who are Oedipus's parents?
Greek drama is divided into these two main types
What is tragedy and comedy?
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 common theme explores the tension between fate and free will
What is the Fate vs Free Will theme?
This was Sophocle's age when he won his first drama competition.
What is twenty-eight (28)?
A single flaw in character, also know as a hamartia.
What brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
What is the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
This common theme revolves around justice, revenge and moral dilemmas
What is the justice and revenge theme?
This is the number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays.
What is three (3)?
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"?
In this theme, the gods play a critical role in human affairs, positive or negative.
What is the Divine Intervention theme?