Greek Theater
Places
Gods, Writers & Philosophers
Characters
Miscellaneous Greek Ideas
100
The chorus
What is the name of the group a group of singers and dancers who described and commented upon the main action of a play with song, dance, and recitation?
100
The city where a drunken man told Oedipus that he was not the son of Polybos.
What is Corinth?
100
Phoebos
What is another name for Apollo?
100
This person tries to quell the argument between Creon and Oedipus
Who is Jocaste?
100
Uses a cane at the end of life
What is the third part of the answer to the riddle presented by the Riddling Sphinx?
200
Only men
Who could be the actors in the Greek plays?
200
Oracles of Delphi
Where Phoibos Apollo provides his divine prophecy?
200
Innovates the Greek plays by adding two actors
Who is Aeschylus?
200
This person decides to raise an orphan child as if the child is a part of the lineage.
Who is Polybos?
200
Aristotle and Sophocles
Who were the two contemporary Greeks who agreed on the idea man was supreme, not gods.
300
Seated over 10,000 people to watch the Greek plays.
What is the theater of Dionysus?
300
Athens
Where was the theatre of Dionysus located?
300
Innovative the plays by providing three actors and the masque.
Who was Sophocles?
300
Says that Laius was killed by men.
Who is the servant of the household of Laius?
300
This item projected sound and enabled the play to have many people in the plays.
What is a masque?
400
The suicide of Jocasta
What is only reported by the Second Messenger?
400
Oracles at Delphi
Where would one go to contact Phoibos?
400
This man provides a definition of tragedy involves a sense of transformation within the understanding of the character's perception of themselves and their world.
Who is Aristotle?
400
Provides some important information about Oedipus' future.
Who is Tiresias?
400
5th Century BC
When was this play written?
500
Outside of the palace of the King of Thebes
Where does the action of the play take place?
500
Mt. Olympus
Where do the gods live?
500
Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone
What are the names of the trilogy by Sophocles?
500
Creon
Who is the new ruler of Thebes??
500
Must take place in 24 hours
What is one of the three unities identified by Aristotle that a tragedy must include?