About the Author
He is the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone
Sophocles
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Greece
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
Athens
The other two plays in the series with Antigone.
Oedipus Rex, Oedipus in Oedipus at Colonus
This is the number of Sophocles's plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
seven
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
The ending for the hero of a Greek Tragedy
The part of a Greek play usually chanted (or sung) in unison
Choral Ode
The king and queen of Thebes
Parents of Oedipus
It is the golden age in ancient Greece.
Period of time Sophocles wrote his plays
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
Emotions aroused by tragedy
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
Actors wore in Greek Tragedies
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
Prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes
This was Sophocles's age when he won his first drama competition.
28
A single flaw in character, also known as harmatia
Brings a hero disaster in a Greek Tragedy
A group of actors that move and sing together, acting as one character.
Chorus
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Jocasta
This is the number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays.
Three
Horrible truth that leads to release
catharsis
The Greek work of actor
Hypokrites
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
Bury Eteocles but not Polyneices