10 Sophocles - Antigone, Oedipus Rex & Colonus Flashcards
Acheron
Acheron (ACK ur aan): a river in the underworld
Aegeus
Aegeus (EE juhs): king of Athens; father of Theseus (THEE see us); drowned himself upon seeing black sails approaching [ATBS]
Agave
Agave (a GAH vay): daughter of Cadmus; mother of Pentheus; she placed his head on her spike thinking she had killed Lion. [CPL]
Amathia
Amathia (ah-MAF-ia): failure to recognize one’s own nature; the opposite of Sophia (wisdom)
Antigone’s Parents
Antigone (an TI guh nee): daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta [OJ]
Aristophanes
Aristophanes (eh ruh STOF uh neez): the Father of Greek Comedy; wrote ‘The Frogs’ [FGCF]
Athena aka
Pallas
Bacchae
Bacchae (BACK ee): female devotees of Bacchus (BACH kuss); aka Maenads (ME-nad), Bacchants (bah-CAN’T) [BMB]
Bacchus God: function & aka
Bacchus (BACH kuss): god of wine and revelry; aka Dionysus (dai uh NAI suhs) [WRD]
Castalia
Castalia (kass-TAIL-ia): the sacred spring at Delphi on Mt. Parnassus
Cerberus
Cerberus (SIR bur us): three-headed dog that guards Hades
Cithaeron location in Sophocles
Cithaeron (suh-THEE-run): mountains separating Thebes from Corinth; mountains where baby Oedipus was exposed [TCO]
Colonus
Colonus: a village north of Athens where blind Oedipus went to live
Corinth Location & Rulers
Corinth: port on the Gulf of Corinth; kingdom of Polybus (paul uh buhs) and Merope [GCPM]
Creon
Creon (KREE on): brother of Jocasta; succeeded Oedipus as King of Thebes [JOT]
Delos
Aegean Island southeast of Athens; birthplace of Apollo and Artemis [AAAA]
Delphi
Delphi: temple of Apollo on Mt. Parnassus on the mainland
Dionysus
Dionysus (dai uh NAI suhs): Greek god of wine, fertility, ecstasy, and theater [WFET]
Electra
Electra (eh LECK tra): sister of Orestes (aw RESS tees); convinced him to kill their mother Clytemnestra and lover Aegisthus (ee JISS thuss) [OCA]
Eleusinian Mysteries
Eleusinian Mysteries (eli oh SIN ee uhn): reenactment of abduction of Persephone, from mother Demeter, by Hades. [PDH]
Eleusis
Eleusis (ee LOU suhs): a town northwest of Athens, home of the rites
Epicaste aka
Epicaste (eh-puh KASS tay) aka: Jocasta (joe KASS ta)
Erinyes: aka & function
Erinyes (uh REEN uh ease): the Furies; female deities that avenge those who swear false oaths
Eteocles
Eteocles (eh TEE oh klees): son of Oedipus; brother of Antigone and Polyneices (pa luh NIGH sees) [OAP]
Eumenides
Eumenides (you MEH nuh dees): means “The Kindly Ones” a title given to the Furies after the trial of Orestes (aw RESS tees)
