Greek Tragedy

Question 0

Antigone

Answer 0

Protagonist in Antigone, tragic flaw is hubris

Question 1

Oedipus

Answer 1

Kills father, marries mother, beats the sphinx

Question 2

Sphinx

Answer 2

Monster who asked Oedipus a riddle and he got it so she committed suicide

Question 3

Chorus

Answer 3

Group of singers

Question 4

Chorogus

Answer 4

Leader of the choir

Question 5

Teiresias

Answer 5

King of Thebes, Oedipus is his son>what Maddie?

Blind prophet, found out who Oedipus was

Question 6

Delphi

Answer 6

An oracle that proclaims hot Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother

Question 7

Thebes

Answer 7

Kingdom where Oedipus originated from

Question 8

Argos

Answer 8

City that attached Thebes, home of guy that wasn’t gonna get buried?

Question 9

Corinth

Answer 9

city Oedipus grew up in

Question 10

Theban trilogy

Answer 10

Oedipus Rex
Oedipus at colonus
Antigone

Question 11

Amphitheater

Answer 11

Place where people sang

Question 12

Sophocles

Answer 12

Invented of 3-4 actors

Question 13

Aeschylus

Answer 13

Invented 2 actors

Question 14

Thespis

Answer 14

Invented idea of modern theater
Turned hymns into sings that are stories
Invented actors

Question 15

The poetics

Answer 15

Written by Aristotle, book about literary stuff

Question 16

Dionysius

Answer 16

God of wine and fertility

Question 17

Catharsis

Answer 17

emotional purging

Question 18

Hubris

Answer 18

Excessive pride

Question 19

Tragic flaw

Answer 19

A characters weakness such as hubris, ambition, and jealousy

Question 20

Dramatic irony

Answer 20

When we know something that the characters don’t know

Question 21

Aristotelian tragedy/ 8 criteria for a tragic figure

Answer 21

Someone who is highly renowned and prosperous
Must have a tragic flaw
Responsible for his own downfall
Comes to recognize his own error 
accepts consequence 
Is humbled
Enlightened 
Punishment exceeds crime