About the Author
This is 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 part of a religious festival
What is Athens?
Th other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
Ms. Cook's favorite NBA team
What is the New York Knicks?
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
The King and Queen of Thebes (Oedipus’ parents)
Who are King Laius and Queen Jocasta?
Thomas Edison's most famous invention
What is the lightbulb?
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the golden age?
These emotions are aroused by tragedy
What are pity and fear, wonder and awe?
Actors’ attire in Greek plays
What is masks with built-in megaphones?
The prophecy given to King Laius and Queen Jocasta
What is: “Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother”?
The first African American ever appointed to the US Supreme Court
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
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
Queen Jocasta
The national sport of Japan
What is sumo wrestling?
The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays
What is 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” ?
The world's longest river
What is the Amazon River?