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About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and her Family
Greek Gods and Goddesses
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
What is Sophocles
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
What is Ancient Greece
100
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites
100
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
What is Oedipus
100
The god of thunder and king of the Olympians
What is Zeus
200
This is the number of Sophocles’s plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
What is a tragedy
200
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What is Chorus
200
The King and Queen of Thebes
What is King Laius and Queen Jocasta
200
The god of the dead; lives in the underworld
What is Hades
300
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is the period in which Sophocles wrote plays
300
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
What is a fatal flaw
300
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is odes
300
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What is Oedipus Rex and Oedipus Colonus
300
The goddess of love and beauty
What is Aphrodite
400
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 2
400
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is self knowledge
400
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens
400
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is Antigone burying her brother
400
The god of wine; celebrated in the springtime with festivals involving theater
What is Dionysus
500
This was Sophocles’s age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28
500
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What is emotions of Greek tragedy
500
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
What is costumes
500
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
What is Jocasta
500
The goddess of marriage; wife of the king of the Olympians
What is Hera