About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
200

The author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone

Who is Sophocles

200

Civilization that made tragedy into an art

Who were the Greeks

200

City where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival

What is Athens

200

The other tow plays in the series with Antigone

What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus

400

The number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100

What is 7

400
Downfall, usually by destruction or death

What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy

400

The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison

What is the Choral Ode

400

The King and Queen of Thebes

Who are the parents of Oedipus

600

The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays

What is the golden age

600

Pity and fear, wonder and awe

What are the emotions aroused by tragedy

600

Maska with built-in megaphones and platform shoes

What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear

600
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother"

What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes

900

Sophocle's's age when he won his first drama completition

What is 28

900

A single flaw in character, or hamartia

What brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy

900

A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character

What is the Chorus

900

Both mother and wife of Oedipus

Who is Jocasta

1000

The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays

What is 3

1000

Horrible truth that leads to the release

What is catharsis

1000

The Greek word for actor

What is hypokrites

1000

"Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"

What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of a play