About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
The civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
The city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius?
Your nephews killed each other in battle.
Who is Creon?
This is the number of Sophocle's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison.
What is the Choral Ode or chorus?
The King and Queen of Corinth.
Who are the parents who raised Oedipus?
Your brother has been killed in battle and you decide to bury him.
Who is Antigone?
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
Pity, fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes.
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
You are engaged to Antigone and your father is the king.
Who is Haemon?
This was Sophocle's age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What is the chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus.
Who was Jocasta?
Your job is to watch over Polyneices.
Who is the guard?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
Your sister has committed a serious offense.
Who is Ismene?