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Vocabulary
Plot
Character ID
Quote ID
Greek Theater
100
The main character of "hero" of a text or play who drives the action is the
Protagonist
100
Oedipus became the King of Thebes after outwitting ___
the sphinx
100

Refused to help Antigone bury her brother's body

Ismene

100
Is she the only woman he can bed with?
Creon
100
Who wrote Antigone?
Sophocles
200
A rapid, emotional dialogue that alternates between two characters is the
stichomythia
200
Antigone defies Creon's decree because she
believes in obedience to a higher law
200
Creon's wife who killed herself in grief
Eurydice
200
My Lord, the thought has risen in my mind: do we not see in this the hand of God?
Chorus
200
Presented the theory of the ideal "tragic hero"
Aristotle
300
Define the term "polis"
The Greek word for a city state
300
Haemon believes that authority rests with whom?
The people
300
Blind prophet who knew the truth
Teiresias
300
I did it too, if she allows my claim; I share the burden of this heavy charge.
Ismene
300
The time period covered by a Greek play is one of the three
unities
400
The dancing area for the chorus in a Greek drama is the
orchestra
400
Creon might be considered a tragic hero because he (pick the best answer) A. loses everything that is dear to him B. suffers greatly because of a flaw in his character C. gives up his great power in sorrow D. rules Thebes for only a short time
B. suffers greatly because of a flaw in his character
400
Loved Antigone and was going to marry her
Haemon
400
Then in remorse he leaned upon the blade and drove it half its length into his body.
Messenger
400
The name for the pity and terror caused by a tragedy
Catharsis
500
Final speech at the end of the play with commentary or summarized action
Epilogue, Exode, Exodus
500
Which two characters are accused of accepting bribes?
The Guard and Teiresias
500
Father of Oedipus
Laius
500
And my hand was on the bar that holds the gate, to draw it; then there fell upon my ears a voice that spoke of death.
Eurydice
500
Name BOTH the God of wine and the God of prophesy (in that order)
Dionysus, Apollo