How were stories passed from generation to generation in early Greece?
What is oral tradition?
100
______________ hosted a wedding for ________________________ and ____________________ (sea nymph).
Who are Zeus, Peleus, and Thetis?
100
What is the name of the celebration to honor Dionysos, the god of wine?
What is the Dionysian festival?
100
Who are Antigone's family members? (father, mother, sister, brothers)
Who are Oedipus, Jocasta, Ismene, Polyneices, and Eteocles?
100
What philosopher first coined the term "tragedy"?
Who is Aristotle?
200
What belief system helped to shape Greek literature?
What is Greek mythology?
200
Who released the Golden apple of discord into the wedding and why?
Who is Eris? What is jealousy?
200
The actors on stage who sang their lines were known as the _____________.
What is the chorus?
200
Explain the myth of Oedipus.
What is (answers will vary)?
200
What are the characteristics of a tragic hero?
Who is highly renowned, member of royalty, and exhibits a tragic flaw?
300
Who is attributed to some of the earliest Greek poetry?
What is Homer, the blind poet/storyteller?
300
What was the inscription on the Golden apple?
What is To the Fairest or Most Beautiful?
300
What was the first day schedule for the festival?
What is singing traditional hymns?
300
What happened between Antigone's brothers?
What is fought for the throne of Thebes.
300
Define tragic flaw.
What is a fundamental character weakness, such as destructive pride, ruthless ambition, or obsessive jealousy?
400
Name the two epic poems attributed to Homer. Please list them in chronological order.
What is the Iliad and Odyssey?
400
Who did Zeus choose to mediate between the goddesses?
What is Paris of Troy?
400
What is the program for the second day of the festival?
What is one playwright presents three tragedies and a satyr in the morning, and a different playwright presents a comedy in the afternoon? (continues the last two days with different playwrights)
400
Why were Ancient burial practices important to Greeks?
What is the way to put a soul to rest?
400
What is the function of a tragedy?
What is to arouse pity and fear?
500
Both epic poems center around which real historical event?
What is the Trojan War?
500
List the three goddesses fighting over the apple? Which one did Paris choose? What did she offer?
Who are Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena? Paris chose Aphrodite, because she promised the most beautiful woman in the world (Helen of Sparta).
500
Define tragedy, satyr, and comedy.
What is a play with heroic characters and unhappy endings, what is a play with comic or even lewd treatments of religious and mythic questions, and what is a lighthearted story that ends happily?
500
What is the name for the pride that Antigone and Creon exhibit throughout the play?
What is hubris?
500
Explain the different parts of a Greek drama. (Parados, Prologue, Scene, Odes, Exodus, Paean, Epode, Strophe, and Antistrophe)