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It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Family
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100
He was the author of Oedipus, Oedipus at Colonius, and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What are Oedipus Red and Oedipus at Colonius?
100
Antigone's brothers.
Who are Polynices and Eteocles?
200
This is the number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison.
What is the Choral Ode?
200
The King and Queen of Thebes.
Who were Oedipus' parents?
200
To leave the audience with a deeper understanding of life.
What is the goal of Greek tragedy?
300
It was the "Golden Age" of ancient Greece.
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What are the emotions evoked by tragedy?
300
Masks with a built-in megaphone and platform shoes.
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
300
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
300
A character that has multiple or conflicting motivations.
What is a complex character?
400
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
A single flaw in character, or hamartia.
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
400
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What was the Chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus?
Who was Jocasta?
400
The appeal to a reader or audience's emotion.
What is pathos?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
500
The nickname given to the trilogy of Oedipus Red, Oedipus at Colonius, and Antigone.
What are the "Three Theban Plays"?