About the Author
He was the author of
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at
Colonus, and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
This civilization made
tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks
This city was where
tragedies were produced
as part of a religious
festival.
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the
series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and
Oedipus at Colonius?
This is the number of
Sophocles’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?
The King and Queen of
Thebes
Who were the parents
of Oedipus?
It was the golden age in
ancient Greece.
What is the nickname
of the time period
when Sophocles wrote his
plays?
Pity and 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 own mother.”
What is the prophecy
given to the king and
queen of Thebes?
This was Sophocles’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 was the Chorus?
Both mother and wife
of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
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”?