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Who Am I?
Famous Last Words
The Gods
History of Greek Drama
Grab Bag
100
Oh, like you've never thought your momma was hot.
Who is Oedipus?
100
Whatever my hands have touched has come to nothing. Fate has brought all my pride to a thought of dust.
Who is Creon?
100
The lightning bolt is the weapon of this god.
Who is Zeus (Jupiter)?
100
The leader of the chorus.
Who is the choragos?
100
The Greek city-state where the play is set.
What is Thebes?
200
My extreme pride led to my downfall and I lost everyone I loved as a result.
Who is Creon?
200
You will remember what things I suffer, and at what men's hands, because I would not transgress the laws of heaven.
Who is Antigone?
200
The bloodthirsty god of war.
Who is Ares (Mars)?
200
The god of wine and divine inspiration, the Greek drama began as part of the festivals associated with this god.
Who is Dionysos?
200
The play's author.
Who is Sophocles?
300
I would have helped, really I would have, but do you have any idea how much being stoned to death would hurt?
Who is Ismene?
300
These are my arrows, Creon: they are all for you.
Who is Teiresias?
300
The mischief making goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite (Venus)?
300
The first Greek playwright to add an actor to the stage.
Who is Thespis?
300
In the world of the Greeks, this was the most powerful force known to man (or gods).
What is fate?
400
To have lost two sons in two days was more than I could bear.
Who is Eurydice?
400
But speak again: whatever it is, I can bear it: Grief and I are no strangers.
Who is Eurydice?
400
Winged avengers of the gods.
Who are the furies?
400
This is the character who tries to aspire to godlike behavior, but whose flaw brings about his (or her) own destruction.
Who is the tragic hero?
400
This short prayer is offered to the god Dionysos so the play is seen as an offering to him.
What is a paean?
500
I agreed to share the throne with my brother, but all that power went to my head.
Who is Eteocles?
500
Not here, no; she will not die here, King. And you will never see my face again. Go on raving as long as you've a friend to endure you.
Who is Haimon?
500
Goddess of wisdome and righteous warfare.
Who is Athena (Minerva)?
500
Greek city-state where the Dionysia was held.
What is Athens?
500
The play Antigone is meant to teach a lesson about this sin, punishable by the gods.
What is pride?