Sophocles

Question 1

Philoctetes has the bow of

Answer 1

Heracles

Question 2

Odysseus leaves Philoctetes on Lemnos for ten years because

Answer 2

A snake bit his foot and the foot emitted a horrible smell

Question 3

The Greeks require Philoctetes

Answer 3

to win the war

Question 4

Fails to convince Philoctetes to return to Troy

Answer 4

Neoptolemus, son of Achilles

Question 5

Convinces Philoctetes to return to Troy, as his wound will heal if he does

Answer 5

Heracles (as a deity)

Question 6

In the Trojan War, Philoctetes kills

Answer 6

Paris

Question 7

Philoctetes plays with themes of

Answer 7

moral high ground

Question 8

Causes Ajax to go mad

Answer 8

Achilles’ armor being awarded to Odysseus

Question 9

Athena fools Ajax into thinking sheep and a ram are the Greek soldiers and he

Answer 9

Tortures the ram, thinking it is Odysseus

Question 10

Before committing suicide, Ajax

Answer 10

calls for vengeance against the sons of Atreus

Question 11

Recounts death of Clytemnestra

Answer 11

Electra

Question 12

Antigone buries Polyneices because

Answer 12

Creon only allowed Eteocles to be buried

Question 13

Ismene

Answer 13

Antigone’s sister, refuses to help with burial

Question 14

Before Creon can stop Antigone’s death sentence, she

Answer 14

hangs herself

Question 15

Haemon

Answer 15

Creon’s son, kills himself

Question 16

Eurydice

Answer 16

Creon’s wife, kills herself

Question 17

Although the Gods punish the proud, punishment brings wisdom

Answer 17

End of Antigone

Question 18

Heracles’ wife

Answer 18

Deianeira

Question 19

Nessus

Answer 19

Centaur killed by Heracles

Question 20

Nessus says his blood will

Answer 20

keep Heracles in love with Deianeira

Question 21

Deianeira is upset because

Answer 21

Heracles is neglecting his family

Question 22

Heracles is killed by a poison shirt in

Answer 22

Women of Trachis

Question 23

Oedipus kills his father ___ and marries his mother ____.

Answer 23

Laius; Jocasta

Question 24

Oedipus is sent to die as a child because Laius feared

Answer 24

that his son would kill him.

Question 25

Oedipus is raised by

Answer 25

The King of Corinth

Question 26

Upon discovering the truth, Jocasta

Answer 26

hangs herself

Question 27

Upon discovering the truth, Oedipus

Answer 27

Pierces his eyes with pins

Question 28

Oedipus at Colonus recounts

Answer 28

Oedipus’ death

Question 29

Oedipus dies in a

Answer 29

grove where he was prophesied to die