Greek Theater
Audience members threw this at actors when they did not like their performance.
What is food?
This Greek playwright retold the famous myth of Oedipus Rex.
Who is Sophocles
Who viewed Oedipus as a model tragic hero?
Who is Aristotle
What is dramatic irony?
The god they worshiped while watching the festivals.
Who is Dionysus?
Sophocles explained these three major ideas through Oedipus Rex: fate, free will, and this.
What are the limits of human understanding?
What psychologist connected Oedipus to the Oedipus complex?
Who is Freud
Oedipus fits this type of character because he is noble but ultimately experiences a tragic downfall.
What is a tragic hero?
This is the amount of spectators the Theater of Dionysus held.
What is 17,000?
Sophocles questioned whether mortals could escape these predictions given by the gods.
What are prophecies?
What does physical blindness represent in the play?
What is ignorance and lack of understanding
Sophocles uses dramatic irony to allow the audience to know this before Oedipus does.
What is the truth about Oedipus's identity?
Dionysus is the God of.
What is wine and theater?
The opening epidemic in Oedipus Rex mirrors this historical event that struck Athens around 430-429 BCE.
What is the plague of Athens?
Whose blindness contrasts with Tiresias's knowledge?
Who is Oedipus
Oedipus Rex contributes to the philosophical debate between these two ideas about human choices and destiny.
What are fate and free will?
This is the amount of Sophocles's plays that have survived.
What is 7?
Sophocles uses Oedipus's struggle with prophecy to explore whether humans control their own choices or are bound by this force.
What is divine will?
According to Aristotle, what causes Oedipus's downfall?
What is an error in judgment
Sophocles explores these three timeless questions through Oedipus's struggle with self-awareness and identity.
What are questions about human blindness, identity, and truth?