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Rhetor
Rhetorical Situation
Vocab
Characters
Greek Myths
100
Who is the rhetor?
what is Sophocles
100
the next rhetorical device after rhetor
What is exigence
100
to bring to an end
What is terminate
100
the king of Thebes
who is Oedipus
100
Pan
What is the nature god
200
How many tragedies did Sophocles write?
What is over 123
200
context
What is number eight on the rhetorical device
200
The act of retiring or quitting a position
What is resignation
200
the brother of Jocasta
Who is Creon
200
Mt. Olympus
Where do the gods live
300
what year did Sophocles die?
What is 406 BCE
300
Sophocles had to use only two characters
What were Sophocles' constraints
300
a widespread occurrence (of a disease)
What is epidemic
300
the blind prophet
Who is Tiresias
300
the Titans
Who were the first gods
400
what was Sophocles' position in Athens government?
What is treasurer
400
the arousal of a catharsis
What is exigence
400
"Have you no sense, God help you, raising your voices in strife like this? Have you no sense of shame? The land is plague stricken and you pursue private quarrels."
What is preachy
400
Oedipus
who has the first line in the play
400
Naiads
What are water nymphs
500
List five things Sophocles was noted for?
What is treasurer, elected naval commander, and organized Athens' financial recovery after its defeat in the Peloponnesian War at Syracuse in 413 BCE
500
what is number seven on the triangle?
What are constraints
500
" I answered the riddle with my own intelligence-- the birds had nothing to teach me. And now you try to drive me out, you think you will stand beside Creon's throne. I tell you, you will pay in tears for this witch- hunting-- you and Creon, the man that organized this conspiracy."
What is cynical
500
Ismeme and Antigone
What are Oedipus and Jocasta's daughters
500
Timolus
Who was a god but also a mountain