The part of a Greek theater that the audience sat in.
What is the theatron
100
This is the type of birth that at tragic hero should have.
What is noble.
100
The year Sophocles was born.
What is 497 BCE?
100
the greeks were honoring this God with the drama festival.
Who is Dionysus?
100
Diction and syntax develop an author's tone? Define either word.
What is word choice and sentence structure?
200
The place where the chorus performed
What is the Orchestra?
200
Another name for excess pride.
What is hubris?
200
Around how old Sophocles was when he died.
What is 90?
200
the number of days the festival lasted.
What is five?
200
a concrete/literal person, place, or thing used to represent an figurative/abstract ideas related to the themes of the text
What is a symbol?
300
The part of the stage that provides a backdrop
What is the skene?
300
The name for the cleansing or purging of strong emotion.
What is catharsis?
300
the number of times Sophocles won first prize in drama.
What is 24?
300
the number of people in the jury.
What is ten?
300
a repeated idea, image, circumstance, pattern, etc. used to reveal the themes of the text
What is a motif?
400
The number of Paradoes found in a greek theater
What is two?
400
The greek word for a tragic flaw that causes the downfall.
What is Hamartia?
400
What Sophocles did with the scenery.
What is painted it?
400
the name of the opening song and dance to a play.
What is the Parados?
400
A reference to something or someone commonly known from literature, history, religion, or other areas of culture. It is used to bring deep meaning or insight into the ideas of the text.
What is an allusion?
500
The name of the platform on the orchestra that contained an altar.
What is the thymele?
500
The element that is a person or consequence that provides retribution or punishment.
What is Nemesis/Catastrophe?
500
the number of plays that Sophocles wrote that still remain today.
What is seven?
500
the name of the last action of the play.
What is the Exodus?
500
Antigone used an allusion to this queen to sway the chorus to her side.