Dionysus
Tragedy
The Author
Theater of Dionysus
Concepts
100

Dionysus is the God of ________. 

What is wine? 

100

Who is the author of Antigone?

Who is Sophocles? 

100

The works of Sophocles deal with how characters react under ____________. 

What is stress or mental pressure? 

100

What is the seating area called?

What is Theatron? 

100

Define foil character.

What is a character that shows qualities that are in contrast with the qualities of another character. The objective is to highlight the traits of the other character?

200

Who is Dionysus' father?q

Who is Zeus? 

200

The festival of Dionysus allowed __________  playwrights to have their plays performed in the tragic contests.

What is three? 

200

Most of the time, Sophocles' hero _________ at the end of the play. 

What is dies? 

200

The area identified as the stage is the __________. 

What is Orchestra? 

200

Define cognitive dissonance. 

What is the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change?

300

Dionysus is said to have discovered the _________. 

What is grapevine? 

300

Tragedy began in the City of ___________.

What is Dionysia? 

300

Of the approximately 125 tragedies that Sophocles is said to have written, only ______ have survived. 

What is 7? 

300

How did they honor Dionysus before a play started?

What is pouring animal blood on the orchestra for purification? 

300

Explain an example of foil character in Antigone.

What is Ms. Underwood will decide? 

400

Because of his birth story, Dionysus was always associated with ______________. 

What is rebirth? 

400

Tragedy began in the __________ century B.C.E.

What is the sixth? 

400

Sophocles entered the contest for the first time and won in _______ B.C.E.? 

What is 468? 

400

The stone backdrop

What is the Skene? 

400

Explain an example of character experiencing cognitive dissonance in Antigone.

What is Ms. Underwood will decide? 

500

Who is Dionysus' mother?

Who is Semele? 

500

What are The Three Theban plays?

What is Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Oedipus at Colonus? 

500

He competed ____  times in the contest and won ______ times.

What is 30 and 24? 

500

What are the three functions of the chorus?

What is comment on the action, give back story information, and  connect the play to other myths?

500

The concept of cognitive dissonance was developed by ________________ in _____________. 

Who is Leon Festinger in 1957?