Antigone Review Game

"Lamentation" means showing joy and happiness for someone or something.

To "defile" something is to _________________.

By the play's conclusion, Eurydice is dead by suicide--hanging herself.

Playwrights were to complete three _________ and one _______________ for the competitions.

Today, only __________ of Sophocles' plays exist.

The ________ is spoken by 1 - 2 characters and gives background information needed to undertand the events in the play.

Who said the following: "The time is not far off when you shall play back corpse for corpse, flesh of your own flesh..."

Who said the following: "We threw the dice, and the bad luck fell to me...nobody likes the man who brings bad luck"

______________ is one character who refuses to help Antigone bury Polynices.

The most important of the festivals celebrating the playwrights was ________________.

By the play's conclusion, Tireseas is still alive and well.

Which two metaphors does Haimon employ to convince his father to bend his ruling against Antigone?

How many times did Sophocles win first place at these competitions?

In the study of rhetorical strategies, Haimon uses all three: _____,_____, and ______.

"Dirge-like" means _________________.

Creon accuses both the Sentry and Tireseas of _________________.

A "transgression" is another word for a ____________.

The _____________ is the song sung by the chorus as it makes its entrance.

The great tragedies were, primarily, written by three men: Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Shakespeare.

Who said the following: "If I am young and right, what does my age matter?" (Sophocles).

Who said the following: "I have been a stranger in my own land; all my life, the blasphemy of my birth followed me..."

If someone is described as "lithe," that means they are stiff and not too flexible.

The ____________ is the leader of the chorus who often interacts with the characters.

By the play's conclusion, Creon is still alive.

What is Creon's greatest fear?

Dramas in Sophocles' day took place only at night.

Who said the following: "Think about how much more terrible our own death would be if we go against Creon..."

The word "sated" means ___________________.

How is Creon planning to kill Antigone?

The ______________ is sung by the chorus as it makes its final exit which ends with wise words to the audience.

Who said the following: "If we must lose, let's lose to a man, at least. Is a womn stronger than we?"

On stage, there was a building in front which represented the palace.

An "auspicious" day is one that is gloomy and dismal.

Interestingly, Sophocles was ________ years of age when he led a chorus of boys in the paean (hymn).

By the play's conclusion, Ismene is dead via a snake bite.

The author of Antigone is ________________.

By the play's conclusion, Antigone is dead by a knife wound.

Typically, Sophocles' plays contain ________ lessons and instruct on avoiding excessive ____________.

Where was Sophocles born?

The skene is where the chorus sang and danced.

An "edict" is a law set forth by someone in power.

Ismene and Antigone had two brothers: ___________ and ____________.

Sophocles was praised for his exceptional _________ and his abilities in the arts.

Haimon called his father "perverse" which means ____________.

If you are "compulsive," you _______________.

Why did Creon forbid the burial of Polynices?

Creon's tragic flaw is ________________.

Who is Oedipus?

The skene is where the actors dressed.

By the play's conclusion, Haimon is dead via a self-inflicted stab wound.