The representation of a serious action, causing pity and fear in the audience, and finally, catharsis.
What is tragedy?
100
Don't upset these two goddesses from Book III of the Metamorphoses!
Who are Diana and Juno?
100
The first ancient tragedies were written and performed in this city.
What is Athens?
100
Party-pooper.
Who was Pentheus?
200
This guard was happy to find the real culprit; then it was "I'm outta here!"
Who is the Sentry?
200
Transgression, irrationality, the consequences of pride, punishment, love, human folly--all these are examples of this.
What is a theme?
200
These two men won't change they're course, and they won't be heeding Tiresias' advice!
Who are Pentheus and Creon? (Or Oedipus, if you know his story.)
200
His death in 323 BC marked the end of ancient or classical Greece.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
Catastrophic King.
Who is Creon?
300
Jupiter used her to distract Juno while he had his affairs.
Who is Echo?
300
The Greek word for divine retribution or punishment.
What is nemesis?
300
These two--one a god, one a mortal--won't be bossed around. You might say they have a knack for anarchy!
Who are Bacchus and Antigone?
300
This poet wrote epic poetry at the end of Greece's 'dark age'.
Who is Homer?
300
Luckier to never know himself.
Who is Narcissus?
400
Pentheus's mother, who did some damage.
Who is Agave?
400
The satyr play in ancient Greece corresponds to this type of modern literature.
What is comedy?
400
These two older men get very upset about their fate. What did they do to cause it? Who 'up there' didn't like them? They thought they'd made no errors--so they never tried to correct them!
Who are Cadmus and Oedipus?
400
This 'ancient' musical employed Travolta and Newton-John.
What is Grease? :) "Is the word, is the word . . ."
400
Designer Dad.
Who is Daedalus?
500
Threatening, disrespectful crew were transformed into these sea creatures by a young Bacchus.
What are dolphins?
500
This Greek term means 'blind recklessness'; it is often applicable to tragic heroes.
What is ate?
500
These two wives took their own lives. Hint: both from are the Theban Trilogy.
Who are Eurydice, from Antigone, and Jocasta, from Oedipus Rex?
500
Give or take a year, the year that Ovid wrote or finished The Metamorphoses.