About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
This 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 Colonius?
This is the number of Sophocles’s plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
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?
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
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 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?
This was Sophocles’s age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What was the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is “bury Eteocles but not Polyneices”?