Who is Menoikeus?
Bonus 50 Points: Name his 3 children
Father of Creon
Bonus: Creon, Jocosta, Hipponome
100
Who is also blamed for the burial of Polyneices other than Antigone?
Ismene
100
What is sarcastic behind Creon saying, "By-God"?
Creon is disobeying God by not burying Polynieces but here he is showing his belief in God by swearing by Him.
100
What is Acheron?
A river in underworld. Also called River of Hades.
100
Who is Teirisias?
A blind prophet.
200
What does Creon mean by, " And death it is; yet money talks, and the wisest have sometimes been known to count a few coins too many "?
Creon is saying he obviously despises the use of bribery.
200
True or False: Creon was satisfied when Sentry FIRST brought Antigone to him.
False ; Creon was confused.
200
Finish this sentence said by Creon:
" You think it's right to stand up for a/an ______? "
a)tyrant
b)anarchist
c)criminal
d)rockstar
b)anarchist
200
Who does Antigone compare her fate to?
Niobe, the queen of Thebes.
200
Why are the birds and dogs corrupt?
Bonus 50 points: What is Creon's only crime according to Teirisias.
Because they ate Polynieces' corpse.
Bonus 50 points: Creon's only crime is pride.
300
Who did Choragos think might of buried Polyneices?
The Greek Gods
300
Why does Creon say Antigone is guilty of a double insolence?
Double Insolence:
1) Breaks the given laws
2) Then boasts about it
300
What is the reason Creon provides behind the death sentence of Antigone in the long speech?
1) If he lets his own family rebel then how will he gain obedience from people.
2) He thinks that he will be portrayed as weak if he lets Antigone go.
300
Who does Antigone blame for her situation?
Oedipus.
300
What does Creon suspect that Teirisias is prophesying for? What does he want him to do?
Creon suspects that Teirisias is prophesying for money and he wants him to get into trading gold.
400
What does Chorus think is the world's most wonderful wonder?
Man itself.
400
What does Sentry compare Antigone to when describing the details of the burial to Creon?
Bonus 50 Points: What did Antigone do that showed libation towards her dead brother?
A motherbird coming back to a nest with her offspring missing.
Bonus: Antigone sprinkled wine three times on Polyneices grave.
400
According to Haimon, what kind of man is "empty"?
The person who thinks that he is the only one who can reason correctly and has the right to speak.
400
What is the difference between "reverence" and "strength" according to Chorus?
Reverence is a virtue but strength lives in established law.
400
Who are going to punish Creon according to Teirisias?
The Furies and dark Gods of Hell.
500
Complete the sentence from Ode 1:
The spears of ______ rain: from every wind
He has made himself secure--from all but one:
In the late wind of ______ he cannot stand.
1)winter
2)death
500
In Ode 2, Chorus says a man is fortunate when it has never...
a)tasted God's pudding.
b)tasted God's fury.
c)tasted God's vengeance.
d)tasted God's wrath.
c)tasted god's vengeance.
500
Who does the Chorus accuse of creating animosity between Creon and Haimon? Why?
Aphrodite because he is the god of war.
500
Why does the Chorus talk about Danae's story in Ode 4? What is common between the two situations?
Danae was locked in a vault like Antigone but Zeus, king of gods helped her. Which indicates that gods will help Antigone no matter where she is.
500
At the end of the scene, what does Creon realize that a man should do till the last day of his life?