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About the author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone & family
100
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonnus, and Antigone.
Who was Sophocles?
100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the Greeks?
100
This city in Greece was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
100
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus?
200
This was the number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
200
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death.
What is the ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy?
200
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison.
What is the Choral Ode?
200
The King and Queen of Thebes
Who were the parents of Oedipus?
300
It was the "Golden Age" in ancient Greece.
What is the name of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?
300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
What are the emotions ignited by tragedy?
300
Platform shoes and built-in masks with megaphones
What did actors in a Greek tragedy wear?
300
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
400
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition.
What is 28?
400
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
What brought a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy?
400
A group of actors who moved and sang together, acting as one character
What is the Chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who is Jocasta?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles cast in his plays.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor
What is hypocrite?
500
The decree given by Creon that causes the conflict at the beginning of the play, Antigone.
What is to properly bury Eteocles, but not Polyneices?