About the Author
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?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
Antigone's uncle, the main antagonist of the play, and the new king
Who is King Creon?
The number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by death and destruction
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who are King Laius and Queen Jocasta?
This is Antigone's sister
Who is Ismene?
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the golden age?
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?
Violent scenes in older plays usually take place here
What is offstage?
Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
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
Who is Jocasta?
This is what Oedipus does when he learns the truth about his past
What is blinds and exiles himself?
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?
“Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices.”
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play?
This man is Creon's son and Antigone's fiancé
Who is Haemon?