About The Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonius, and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who are the Greeks?
This city was where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival.
What is Athens?
The other two plays in the series with Antigone
What are Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius?
This is the number of Sophocles' plays that exist today out of a total of more than 100.
What is 7?
Downfall, usually ending with destruction or death
What is the ending for a hero in Greek tragedy?
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison by the Chorus
What is the Choral Ode?
Oedipus' real parents
Who were the King and Queen of Thebes?
The nickname of the time period Sophocles was writing
What is the Golden Age of Greece?
Pity and fear, wonder and awe
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes were worn by these: (The English name not the Greek one)
What are actors?
"Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother."
What is the prophecy given to the king and queen of Thebes?
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition
What is 28?
This brought heroes to disaster in tragedies
What is hamartia?
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What was the Chorus?
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Who was Jocasta?
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays
What is 3?
Horrible truth that leads to release
What is catharsis?
The Greek word for actor
What is hypokrites?
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices?"