Authors
Author of Trojan Women
Euripides
"Oh, but if there is any blood-tie between Laius and this stranger...what man alive more miserable than I"
Dramatic Irony
"I shall be a far more lethal bride than famous Agamemnon ever bargained for."
Cassandra
Euripides incorporates this theme to illustrate the injustices inflicted on the women of Troy in the aftermath of the war. The women being assigned as slaves to certain Greek chieftains is an example of this.
Brutality of War
Daily Double: Trojan Women is a political allegory over what even in history?
Predicts Agamemnon's deadly fate, but no one believes her.
Cassandra
Author of Oedipus the King
Sophocles
"But your father's death, that, at least, is a great blessing, joy to the eyes!"
Situational Irony
"The second cause of the ruin of Troy was old Priam who failed to kill the newborn brat, even though he had been warned in dreams that a firebrand would burn down Troy."
Helen
A person can transcend suffering through noble choices while suffering.
Central Idea of Greek Tragedy
Gave birth to Oedipus in Thebes, then a shepherd sends Oedipus off to Corinth to be raised by Merope and Polybus
Jocasta
Father of Greek Tragedy
Aeschylus
"Ah, but aren't you the best man alive at solving riddles"
Verbal Irony
"Oh light, let me look my last on you."
Oedipus
Daily Double: What is significant about these lines?
Antigone displays and practices this theme because she goes against the state and its laws by burying her brother when no one else had the courage to do so.
Civil Disobedience
She tries to defend herself in front of her husband by blaming the gods, Hecuba, Paris, and others instead of herself.
Helen
Considered the most progressive of the Greek playwriters.
Euripides
Define Dramatic Irony
The audience knows facts and information that the characters don't.
"One day you will render Troy a mighty service by bringing up this son of my son whose issue may one day rebuild Ilium and make our city rise again."
Hecuba
An Athenian Man is someone of ______________action, duty to ______________, and seeker of ___________ and leadership.
swift, polis, truth
Andromache is assigned to serve this person
Neoptolemus
Greek tragedy developed out of the worship for.....
Dionysus
Random Question: Ultimately reveals Oedipus' identity by the end of the play.
The Shepherd
"If fate must be endured, let it come free of shame; what else is there to glory in, among the dead? But doom joined with dishonor strikes our last hope dumb."
Eteocles
Hecuba and Cassandra display this theme: Hecuba has the courage to accept fate and a new life by walking towards the ships before she dies on her own Trojan soil; Cassandra displays this theme by listing reasons to prove that the Trojans are indeed the victors of war, and by listing example of how the Greeks will all face retribution.
Human Dignity
Serves the tomb of Achilles.
Polyxena