About the Author
The author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and
Who is Sophocles?
Civilization that made tragedy into an art
Who were the Greeks?
City where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
The number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100
What is 7?
Downfall, usually by destruction or death
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
What is the Choral Ode?
The King and Queen of Thebes
What are the parents of Oedipus or What are the grandparents of Antigone
The nickname of the time period in ancient Greece when Sophocles wrote his plays
What is the golden age?
The emotions aroused by tragedy
What is pity,fear,wonder, and awe
The attire of actors in a greek tragedy
What are Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
“Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother.”
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition
What was 28?
What brings a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy
What is hamartia or a single flaw
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character
Whst is a Chorus
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta
The number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release or purging
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites
“Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices.”
What is the decree of Creon that begins the action of the play?