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About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Family
Miscellaneous
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
100
The civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks.
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What is Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
100
This is the author's word choice.
What is diction?
200
This is the number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of more than 100.
What is 7?
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
200
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
200
The message about life that a piece of literature teaches the reader.
What is theme?
300
It was the "Golden Age" in ancient Greece.
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
300
Platform shoes and masks with built-in megaphone
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
300
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
300
The problem that the characters face in literature is called this
What is conflict?
400
This is Sophocles' age when he first won a drama competition.
What is 28?
400
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
400
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
400
The emotional feeling that a word gives the reader
What is connotation?
500
This is the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his play.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
500
These actions took place off stage.
What are violent actions?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is to bury Eteocles but not Polyneices?
500
The practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea
What is symbolism?