Show:
Greek Theater
Tragedies
Antigone
Sophocles
Vocabulary
100
The city where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
Arouses the emotions of pity, fear, wonder and awe.
What is a Greek tragedy?
100
The sisters argue regarding this decision.
What is whether or not to bury Polyneices?
100
Seven
What is the number of plays remaining from Sophocles?
100
A character who remains the same throughout the narrative.
What is a static character?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison.
What is the choral ode?
200
A man or woman capable of great suffering.
What is a tragic hero?
200
Country before anyone or anything else.
What is Creon's definition of an effective ruler?
200
Age 28
What is the age Sophocles won his first contest?
200
A lyrical poem expressing the feelings or thoughts of a speaker, an event, or a thing.
What is an ode?
300
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
300
Ends with their destruction or death.
What is the downfall of the hero?
300
No trace left behind.
What is suspicious about the burial?
300
20 times
What is the amount of times Sophocles won first place?
300
Moving from left to right or dancing right to left while chanting.
What is strophe or antistrophe?
400
This group set the mood, summarized the action, and/or sided with various characters.
What is the chorus?
400
A horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
400
Whomever is in control at the time.
What side is the chorus on?
400
Three
What is the number of actors Sophocles used in his plays?
400
The delivery of dialogue in a rapid manner with actors speaking emotionally.
What is stichomythia?
500
Took place off stage with messengers telling the audience what happened.
What is violence?
500
A hero's weakness may be due to pride, misjudgment or...
What is quickness to anger?
500
The tragic hero.
Who is Creon?
500
The period of time Sophocles wrote and performed his plays.
What is the Golden Age?
500
A minor character whose actions or thoughts are juxtaposed with a major character in order to highlight key attributes of the major character.
What is the foil?