About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
The civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
This city was where tragedies were produced as 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?
Plays were performed in these
What are amphitheaters?
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Character in a tragedy that usually faces an ending of death or destruction
What is a tragic hero?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
Sophocles wrote this many plays
What is over 100?
Nickname of the time period 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 and platform shoes
What did actors in 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?
All Greek actors were of this gender
What are males
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
What is 28?
This brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy.
What is hamartia (a single flaw)?
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
This is Antigone's sister who would not consider going against the king
Who is Ismene?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays
What is 3?
A horrible truth that leads to a release of feelings
What is a catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play, Antigone
What is, "bury
Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
This is Antigone's fiancée
Who is Haemon?