About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
What was Sophocles?
This civilization made tragedy in an art.
Who were the Greeks?
This city was 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 animated Disney film that Mr. Lauer showed a clip from in class this week.
What is Hercules?
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Downfall, usually ending with 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.
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
Name of character that Mr. Lauer played during the Monologue presentations.
What is "Brian the Curator"?
It was the golden age in ancient Greece.
What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What are the emotions aroused by tragedy?
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes.
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
The underlining focus of this unit.
What is characterization?
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
A single flaw in character, or hamartia.
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character.
What was the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus.
Who was Jocasta?
This gentleman is the lucky fiance of Antigone in the story.
What is Haemon?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor.
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
This video game series heavily references Greek mythology and has been mentioned by your nerd teacher multiple times over the week.