About the Author
The author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
Who is Sophocles?
The civilization that made tragedy into an art
Who were the Greeks?
City where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What is Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
Man with white beard, red suit, and delivers presents in December
Who is Santa?
The number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100
What is 7?
The ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
Parents of Oedipus
Who are the King and Queen of Thebes
The third planet from the sun
What is Earth?
The nickname of the time period of ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the golden age?
The emotions (of the audience) aroused by tragedy
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
Two costume items worn by actors in Greek Tragedies
What are Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
This is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
What is "Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother"
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
This brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy
What is a single flaw in character or hamartia
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays
What is 3?
This term means a horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
Decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is "Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"