About The Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus At Colonus, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
This is the ancient civilization that made tragedy into an art form.
Who were the Greeks?
This city was the central hub for Greek theater in its hey-day.
What is Athens?
These are the names of the other two plays in the Antigone trilogy.
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus At Colonus?
He was the ace pilot and sidekick to Sonic the Hedgehog.
Who is Tails?
This is the number of Sophocles' plays that still exist today out of a total of one hundred.
What is seven?
Downfall of a character, usually ending in destruction or death.
What is the ending of a typical Greek tragedy?
This is the part of a Greek tragedy usually chanted or sung in unison.
What is the choral ode?
They are the king and queen of Thebes.
Who are Laius and Jocasta?
She was once the queen of Naboo, then a senator in the Galactic Senate.
Who is Padme Amidala?
Considered the golden age of Greek theater, this is the year range Sophocles was alive.
What is 496 - 406 BCE?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
These were the people who used wooden and brass masks and wore platform shoes.
What are actors?
"Your son will marry his mother and murder his father."
What is the prophecy from the Oracle at Delphi?
In the Legend of Zelda, the Triforce was split into three sections: Power, Wisdom, and this.
What is courage?
This was how old Sophocles was when he won his very first drama competition.
What is 28?
A single flaw in a character, or hamartia.
What is a tragic flaw?
This is the name for a group of actors who moved and sang in unison together.
What is the Chorus?
Both the mother and wife of Oedipus.
Who is Jocasta?
In Dungeons and Dragons, characters who want to use divine magic from the gods choose either Cleric or this heavy armor class.
What is a paladin?
This is how many actors Sophocles cast in his plays, not including the chorus.
What is three?
This is the closure the audience feels with a well-written story's ending.
What is catharsis?
This is the Greek word for actors.
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that incites the action of the play, Antigone.
What is not to bury her brother Polynieces?
This 1990's animated cartoon followed a manic chihuahua and his buddy, a red cat.
What is Ren & Stimpy?