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Metamorphoses III
Ancient Greece
Antigone
Literary Lingo
Greek, Roman?
100
Cadmus told to plant these.
What are a dragon's or serpent's teeth?
100
A group of 12-15 singers who punctuate a Greek tragedy with comments and emotional response.
What is the Chorus?
100
Antigone is the third story in this larger story cycle.
What is the Theban Trilogy or The Theban Plays?
100
When the audience knows more or is aware of more than certain characters on the stage.
What is dramatic irony?
100
He's not called 'Jupiter' or 'Jove' in ancient Greece.
Who is Zeus?
200
Dionysus' parents.
Who are Zeus and Semele?
200
Greek philosopher who was the first to write critically about tragedy and other dramatic forms.
Who was Aristotle?
200
The father of Eteocles, Polynices, Ismene and Antigone.
Who is Oedipus?
200
Excessive pride.
What is hubris?
200
Roman 'Hera'.
Who is Juno?
300
Transformed into a stag.
Who is Actaeon?
300
The Minoans, one of the earliest Greek societies, arose on this island in the Mediterranean.
What is Crete?
300
Creon's decreed punishment for anyone caught burying Polynices.
Death by stoning. :(
300
When two apparently mutually exclusive ideas or states can be true at the same time.
What is a paradox?
300
She wasn't called 'Artemis' in ancient Rome.
Who is Diana?
400
Pentheus' grandfather.
Who is Cadmus?
400
A period in Greek history (and also a major centre of Greek civilization) which included the Trojan War about 1400 BC.
What is Mycenaean or Mycenae?
400
Creon realizes and tries to correct his error primarily as a result of this character's words.
Who is Tiresias?
400
A long wandering journey.
What is an Odyssey?
400
When in Rome call her 'Minerva'.
Who is Pallas/Athena?
500
The number of years (or autumns) spent by Tiresias as a female.
What is seven?
500
The three great Greek tragedians.
Who are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides?
500
According to the Chorus at the end of Antigone, this is the greater part of happiness.
What is wisdom?
500
A reversal or change in fortune for a character.
What is peripeteia?
500
Called 'Tiresias' in ancient Greece. But in ancient Rome?
Who is Tiresias?