Exam 22: Greece: Oedipus the King, Sophocles

__________________ is the Greek philosopher who wrote: "Tragedy is an imitation not of human beings but of action and life, of happiness and misery."

To escape the oracle that his son will kill him, Laius and Jocasta _____________.

Oedipus' daughters are Ismene and __________________________.

_________________ is Jocasta's brother.

When Oedipus sees that Jocasta has hanged herself, he ________________.

The oracle that Oedipus would murder his father and marry his mother was originally told to ____________________.

The _______________ was a creature with the head of a human, the body of a bird, and the hindquarters of a lion.

The ________________, a slave of Laius, is brought back to the palace, but tells what he knows most unwillingly.

Oedipus' lament, "Wedding feasts, you gave birth to me…you again brought forth children of the same seed, producing fathers, brothers, children-all of kindred blood…the most shameful disgrace…" indicates the Greeks' taboo against __________________.

__________________ is the Greek god of war.

When Jocasta realizes that her husband Oedipus is also her son, she ________________________________.

The ________________ are the Greek goddesses who spin the thread of human life, measure it out, and cut it off-causing death.

The play opens with the Thebans asking for help from the gods because ___________________________.

In drama, we call it _________________ when a character says something, but the audience knows the opposite is true.

Oedipus' fate was prophesied by _________________________________________.

Greek audiences believed that the action of the play should take place within ___________________________.

"Let him be nothing. Give him nothing. Let him touch nothing of yours.…" This judgment against the murderer of Laius is proclaimed by _____________.

In the ancient Greek theater, a major role of the chorus was to ___________________________________.

In the end, Oedipus asks _____________ to care for his daughters.

As the action of the play progresses, Oedipus thinks Kreon is a ______________.