Vocabulary! Hooray!
Creon believes that the people of Thebes are secretly acting in a _____________ manner, and he is worried that they acting against his authority.
seditious
The group of people who comment on the action / give advice, etc
Chorus
What one person did to cause dithyrambs to evolve into theater
Stepped out of the chorus and began acting out the song
His own mother, Jocasta
She asks "Are you mad?" when Antigone says she is going against the king's decree.
Ismene
Antigone believes that having __________ for the gods is more important than the laws of men.
Where the Chorus stands
Orchestra
Central action in the City Dionysia
Theater competitions
Oedipus's fate
Blinded himself
Her doomed father
Oedipus
Creon is worried that if Antigone is allowed to _______ the rule of law, then he will lose power.
flout
Deux ex machina
2 types of plays in a tetralogy
3 tragedies and a comedy / satyr
Oedipus defeated the Sphinx in this way.
Her angry brothers
Polyneices and Eteocles
Teiresias describes the Furies from hell as _____________ avengers, explaining that they will not be satisfied or pleased.
implacable
Hamartia
Tragic flaw of a character that leads to his or her downfall
One of the three playwrights of the 5th century B.C.
Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides
Oedipus reward for defeating the Sphinx
Get to rule Thebes and marry Jocasta
Her controlling uncle
King Creon
Emotional release at the end of the play
Catharsis
The kind of play that Antigone is
(Greek) tragedy
Masks
The way Oedipus ended up as the adopted son of King Laius in the first place
Shepherd saved him from the mountainside
Her romantic interest and a voice of reason
Haemon