Sophocles Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? Oedipus Rex What Poet wrote Iliad? Homer Greek Architecture was based on what structure? Post and Lintel The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? The Parthenon Geek plays generally shown in a ? Ampitheater Roman Engineering allowed the ______________ to have the largest single span dome for Centeries. The Patheon

What is theatre influenced by? - Answer-paintings on cave walls- animals hunted and rituals beginnings foundations for western thea - Answer-started with greeks, second romans Greatest influences of western thea - Answer-greeks, Elizabeth renaissance, 20th C thinkers of thea - Answer-Homer Thespics aeschylus sophocles euripides Thespics - Answer-first to use 1 actor aeschylus - Answer-gave us 2nd actor sophocles - Answer-gave us 3rd actor euripides - Answer-from the goat- g-ds, cathar...

TJC English 2332 Study Guide Exam 2024. What are the two poles of the human condition? - correct answer War & Peace - they are on Achilles' shield Who are the three Greek playwrights? - correct answer Sophocles / Euripides / Aeschylus Archon; - correct answer mayor Catharsis; - correct answer some sort of emotional release Choragus; - correct answer priest of Dionysus Choregos; - correct answer "patron" usually a wealthy Athenian What was the conflict in the play Oedipus?...

What play was written by the Greek dramatist Sophocles? Correct Answer: Oedipus Rex What Poet wrote Iliad? Correct Answer: Homer Greek Architecture was based on what structure? Correct Answer: Post and Lintel The Greek building most reveared for its use of Ratio and Perspective is? Correct Answer: The Parthenon

Oedipus Worksheet Questions and Answers Rated A+ Who were King Laius and Queen Jocasta? They were the rulers of Thebes and the biological parents of Oedipus. Why did King Laius and Queen Jocasta decide to get rid of their infant son? They were told by an oracle that their son would kill Laius and marry Jocasta. Why didn't the abandoned baby (Oedipus) die? After being given to a shepherd who was supposed to leave the baby to die, the shepherd changed his mind and gave it to a work...

Charles Dickens A Realist author that is is best remembered for works that addressed social inequalities and the struggles of the working class in 19th century England. Oedipus Play written by Sophocles the Parthenon Greek building most revered for its use of ratio and perspective the Pantheon Roman engineering allowed the _______________ to have the largest single span dome for centuries. Everyday life In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, what do the shadows represent? Democracy Form of gov...

Ritual - A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - Founder of greek tragedy. Most famous play=Agamemno Euripides - 3 great tragedians of classical g...

Homer - Odyssy and Iliad Blind, his works were compiled after is death Iliad - story of Ilium or Troy Odyssey - Story of Ulysses/Odysseus The Argonauts - Story of Jason and the Argus trying to get the golden fleece Pericles - important founder of democracy Greek Historians - Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon Greek Playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides Aeschylus - Father of tragedy Prometheus Bound Sophocles - Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex, Antigone Euriped...

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