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 a 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?
The number of Sophocles' plays that exist today (out of more than 100 that were created)
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character.
What is the chorus?
The King and Queen of Thebes
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the golden age?
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
What is the prophecy given to the King and Queen of Thebes?
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?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Iocasta?
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"?
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play?