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About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone & Her Family
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into art.
What were the Greeks?
100
This city was where tragedies were produced as a part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
200
This is the number of Sophocles' 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 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?
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 is are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
300
Platform shoes and masks with built-in megaphones.
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?
400
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
A single flaw in character, or hamartia.
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
400
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypocrite?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus.
What was Jocasta?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in his cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
500
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
Who was the Chorus?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is to bury Eteocles but not Polyneices?