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Antigone Questions
Is Antigone part of a trilogy written by Sophocles?
Is Haemon Antigone's brother?
Haemon is Antigone's cousin and fiance
Did Polyneices and Eteocles kill each other trying to become the next King of Theb
es?
Did K
ing Creon made a law saying whoever buries Polyneices dies?
Greek Mythology
Did the Gods and Goddesses live on Mt. Olympus?
Were Greek myths created to scare children?
They were to explain what went on in the world and have an adventurous story
Were Gods and Goddesses kind and always thinking of others?
Gods were selfish and mean most of the time!
Did heroes sometimes get gifts from the Gods to help them?
Greek Theater
Did the Dionysia festival honor the God Dionysus?
Could the theater hold 25,000 people?
The amphitheater could only hold around 18,000!
Were women allowed to act?
They were not allowed to act and men had to act out the women rolls
Were all the amphitheaters open air?
Masks were worn when the actors felt it necessary!
Mask were wore most of the time to exagerate emotions or physical change
Sophocles
Did Sophocles had a very wealthy father?
Did Sophocles had 1 child with Nicostrata?
He actually had 2!
Did Sophocles die at the age of 90?
Did Sophocles teach Aeschyus his playwrighting style?
Aeschyus taught Sophocles his styles