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 series with Antigone
What are Oedious Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
Merope and Polybus
Who are the people who find and raise Oedipus?
The number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
What is the ending for a hero in a Greek Tragedy?
The part of a Greek okay usually chanted or sung in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
Vast outdoor ampitheaters
Where were Greek dramas performed?
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 an 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?
A deeper understanding of life
What are dramas intended to leave the audience with?
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
A single flaw in a 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 Queen Jacosta?
Antigone, Eteocles, Polyneices, and Ismene
Who are the children of Oedipus and Jacosta?
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?
Solving the riddle of the Sphinx
How does Oedipus win the hand of his mother, Jacosta?