About the Author
Who was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone?
Sophocles
What must be the status of a tragic hero?
Noble or elevated
What is Athens?
The city where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
Who are Jocasta and Oedipus?
Antigone's father and mother.
In Greek, what sound does ch make?
Pronounced as k
How many of Sophocles' plays survived of the 100+ that he wrote?
7
What is a tragic hero's ending?
The downfall
What is the choral ode?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison.
Who are Laius and Jocasta?
The King and Queen of Thebes before Oedipus is rewarded the throne. Also his birth parents
How are ae and oe pronounced?
As e
What are the names of 2 Marvel characters that are the same as 2 of Sophocles' plays?
Ajax and Electra
What are the emotions evoked by tragedies?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes.
Who are Ismene, Eteocles, and Polynices?
The siblings of Antigone.
The part that you accent if a name has 2 syllables.
What is the first syllable?
How many actors total would be cast in Sophocles' plays?
3
What brings a hero to disaster in Greek tragedies?
A single flaw in a character, aka hamartia
What was the Chorus?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
Who is Haemon?
Antigone's cousin and betrothed.
The part that you accent if a name has 3 or more syllables.
What is the second-to-last syllable?
Who are the other 2 great tragic playwrights from Greece, other than Sophocles?
Aeschylus and Euripides
What is catharsis?
An emotional release
What is hypokrites?
The Greek word for actor.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polynices?"
Creon's command that begins the rising action in the play.
The correct pronunciation of "Thucydides".
Who is thoo-SIH-duh-deez?