About the Author
He was the author of Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
This civilization made tragedy into an art
Greeks
The city where tragedies were produced as part of a religious festival
Athens
The other 2 plays in the series with Antigone
Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonius
This is the number of Sophocles plays out of a total of more than 100
7
Downfall usually ending with destruction or death
ending for the hero in a Greek tragedy
The part of a Greek play usually chanted or sung in unison
Choral Ode
The King and Queen of Thebes
Parents of Oedipus
It was the golden age in ancient Greece
Nickname of a time period when Sophocles wrote his plays
Put and fear, wonder and awe
Emotions aroused by tragedy
Masks with built-in megaphones and platform shoes
Actors in Green tragedy wear
Your son will kill his father and marry his own mother
This was Sophocles' age when he won his first drama competition
28
A single flaw in character, or hamartia
Brough a hero to disaster in a Greek tragedy
A group of actors that moved and sang together, acting as one character
Chorus
Both mother and wife of Oedipus
Jocasta
This was the number of actors Sophocles has in the cast of his plays
3
Horrible truth that leads to release
Catharsis
The Greek word for actor
Hypokrites
The decree of Creon that begins the action of the play
Bury Etocles but not Polyneices