Question 1

Jocasta

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Queen of Thebes/Wife of Oedipus

Question 2

Sphinx

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Oedipus answers the riddle of this creature & enters Thebes

Question 3

Tiresias

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Creon retrieves this prophet to help with the plague

Question 4

Laius

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Former King of Thebes/killed on the road

Question 5

Polybus

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King of Corinth/Oedipus's adoptive father

Question 6

Oedipus

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name means "swollen foot"

Question 7

Sphinx

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mix of lion,eagle, and woman

Question 8

Dramatic Irony

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When the audience knows something the main character does not

Question 9

Oracle of Delphi

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Where Oedipus learns his fate

Question 10

Creon

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Brother in law (and Uncle) of Oedipus

Question 11

Sophocles

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Author of the play

Question 12

Antigone

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3rd in play trilogy but written first

Question 13

36 years

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How long it took to write the trilogy of plays

Question 14

Oedipus Rex

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Written 2nd but first in play trilogy

Question 15

Chorus

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Group that responds to action in the play through song and dance

Question 16

Tiresias

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Blind prophet; also in Homer's Odyssey

Question 17

Dionysus

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God of Theatre in Greek times

Question 18

women

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Not allowed to act in Greek times

Question 19

Thespis

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this playwright added the first speaking part in theatre

Question 20

catharsis

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the term for an emotional purging

Question 21

Pythia

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the name of the oracle of delphi

Question 22

tragic flaw

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a personal failing that leads to the downfall of a character

Question 23

tragic hero

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a noble person who cannot overcome their flaws

Question 24

Hubris

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Greek term for excessive pride

Question 25

Oedipal complex

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the psychological term for when a son loves his mother but hates his father

Question 26

plague

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what is happening in Thebes at the beginning of the play

Question 27

Greek word for "tragic flaw"

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Hamartia

Question 28

A serious form of drama that ends unhappily

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Tragedy

Question 29

Greek god of wine and theater

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Dionysus

Question 30

megaphone

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Mouthpiece of a mask acted as a...

Question 31

Thespians

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Actors are now called

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