Antigone Terms

Question 0

exodos

Answer 0

the final scene

Question 1

paean

Answer 1

hymn in praise of god

Question 2

ode

Answer 2

each scene is followed by a ode. these served as both to separate scenes since no curtains and provide response

Question 3

parados

Answer 3

first ode in Greek tragedy

Question 4

strophe

Answer 4

part of ode that chorus chants as it moves from right to left

Question 5

antistrophe

Answer 5

part of ode that chorus chants left to right

Question 6

choragos

Answer 6

leader of chorus

Question 7

Oedipus

Answer 7

“swollen foot” king and Queen of corniths child king of Thebes

Question 8

Jocasta

Answer 8

wife of king of Thebes

Question 9

sphinx

Answer 9

terrible monster that guards Thebes

Question 10

Thebes

Answer 10

city where Antigone takes place

Question 11

Thespis

Answer 11

transformed hymns into songs

Question 12

Aeschylus

Answer 12

leading play write of the day defeated by Sophocles

Question 13

prothesis

Answer 13

the wake

Question 14

ekphora

Answer 14

the barrial

Question 15

aulos

Answer 15

reed pipe

Question 16

who writes Antigone

Answer 16

Sophocles

Question 17

6 themes?

Answer 17

pride 
gods law vs state law
gender 
moral absolutism 
inaction vs action 
threat of tyranny

Question 18

characteristics of tragic hero

Answer 18

loathly status
believable
mixture of good and bad qualities

Question 19

4 stages of plot

Answer 19

hamarteia
anagorisis
peripetia
catharsis

Question 20

hamarteia

Answer 20

error in judgement

Question 21

anagorisis

Answer 21

recognition

Question 22

peripetia

Answer 22

reversal of fortune

Question 23

catharsis

Answer 23

realese of emotion for audience : pity / fear