Saturday, November 8, 2014

Greek Drama ?'s

  1. A bull or goat was won by dancing choruses of worshipers.
  2. As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air Theater of Dionysus.
  3.  Masks had exaggerated mouthpieces that amplified the voices of the actors.
  4. The audiences of Antigone were full of suspense due to their knowledge of things the characters on stage didn't know.
  5. The shepard was supposed to leave the infant on the mountainside with his knees pinned together.
  6. The Sphinx's riddle was "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
  7. Oedipus' kids are Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone, and Ismene.
  8. After Oedipus is exiled Jocasta's brother, Creon, takes over Thebes.
  9.  Creon gave Eteocles a hero's burial and Polyneices body was left to rot outside the gate of Thebes.

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