About the Author
Who is Sophocles?
The author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who were the Greeks?
The civilization that made tragedy into art.
What is Athens?
A city where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What is 7?
The number of Sophocle's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
Downfall, usually by the destruction of death.
What is the Choral Ode?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison.
Who are the parents of Oedipus?
The king and queen of Thebes.
What is the golden age?
The nickname of the time-period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays.
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes.
Who are Antigone's siblings?
Ismene, Etcocles, and Polyneices.
What was 28?
Sophocle's age when he won his first drama competition.
What brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A single flow in character, or hamartia.
What is the chorus?
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character.
Who became king after Eteocles and Polyneices died in battle?
They're uncle Creon.
What is 3?
The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays.
What is catharsis?
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is hypokrites?
The Greek word for an actor.
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."