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About the Author
It's a Tragedy
Greek Theater
Antigone and Her Famliy
Information from the PPT
100

He was the author of Oedipus Rex, Oedipus st Colonus, an Antigone.

Who is Sophocles?

100
This civilization made tragedy into an art.
Who were the ancient Greeks?
100
This city 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?
100
The number of men in a chorus.
What is 12 - 50?
200

This is 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?
200
This was the first winner of a theatrical award.
Who is Thespis?
300

It was the golden age in ancient Greece.

What is the nickname of the time period when Sophocles wrote his plays?

300
Pity and fear, wonder and awe.
What are the emotions aroused by a tragedy?
300
Masks with built in megaphones and platform shoes.
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?
300
This is the number of circular rows on a Greek stage.
What is 55?
400
This was Sophocles's 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 that moved and sang together, acting as one character
What was the chorus?
400
Both mother and wife of Oedipus.
Who is Jocasta?
400
This is the name of the theater where the first plays were performed.
What is the Theater of Dionysus?
500
This was the number of actors Sophocles had in the cast of his plays.
What is 3?
500
Horrible truth that leads to release.
What is catharsis?
500
The Greek word for actor.
What is Hypokrites?
500
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play.
What is "bury Eteocles but not Polyneices"?
500
The number of times Sophocles won first prize.
What is 18 times?