11 Sophocles - Antigone, Oedipus Rex & Colonus Flashcards
Euripides
Euripides (yuh RIP uh deez): playwright of Greek tragedies
The Fates
Fates: Greek incarnations of Destiny that spin, weave, and cut the cords of our mortal lives [DSWC]
Furies: aka & function
Furies: aka Erinyes (uh REEN uh ease), goddesses who chased down mortals guilty of taboo crimes
Haemon
Haemon (HAY mun): son of Creon of Thebes; lover of Antigone; committed suicide [CTAS]
Harpies
Harpies (HAR pees): bird-like monsters with the head and bust of a woman. Seized wicked souls by snatching their food.
Hecate
Hecate (HEH kuh tee): goddess of crossroads and entryways; carries two torches
Hesiod
Hesiod (HE see uhd): Greek poet; contemporary of Homer
Hestia
Hestia (HEH stee uh): Greek goddess of the hearth / domestic activity
Ino
Ino (EYE no): daughter of Cadmus; queen of Thebes; raised her nephew Dionysus. Leapt into sea, with her infant son, [CTDS] to avoid crazed husband.
Ismene
Ismene (iss MEY nee): daughter of Oedipus; sister of Antigone; kidnapped by Creon [OAC]
Jocasta
Jocasta (joe KASS ta): mother of Oedipus; widow of Laius; wife of Oedipus [OLO]
Laius
Laius (LAY us): husband of Jocasta; father of Oedipus. He sent baby Oedipus to die on Mt Cithaeron (suh-THEE-run) [JOC]
Magaera
Magaera (muh JEER uh): one of the Furies; the jealous one
Megareus
Megareus (meg-gree-us): son of Creon; killed during the siege of Thebes by the Seven [CTS]
Melicertes
Melicertes (meh li SIR tess): Son of Ino (EYE no); they were transformed into sea deities when she jumped into the sea with him.
Merope
Merope (MEE row): wife of Polybus; queen of Corinth; Oedipus’ foster mother [PCO]
Moira
Moira (MOY ruh): the Fates; individual destiny
Oedipus
Oedipus (ED uh puhs): killed his father Laius (LAY us), married his mother Jocasta (joe KASS ta); guessed riddle of the Sphinx [LJS]
Oedipus’ biological parents & kingdom
Jocasta and Laius, King of Thebes
Oedipus’ foster parents & kingdom
Merope and Polybus, King of Corinth
Olympia
Olympia: Zeus’ religious site on the western Peloponnese peninsula; home of the Olympic games
Olympus
Olympus: a mountain in northern Greece; home of the gods
Oracle of Delphi: meaning & location
Oracle of Delphi (DELL figh): priestess of Apollo who knew all things that passed on the earth. Located on Mt. Parnassus on the mainland.
Pan
God of the mountain wilds, shepherds, flocks, and rustic music
Parnassus Location & God
A mountain on the mainland, north of the Gulf of Corinth; home to Delphi dedicated to Apollo [GCDA]
