light | | The opening song of the chorus |
hubris | | Chorus song (rotating left to right) |
proskenion | | The translator of our version of the play |
declamatory | | Hermes' son |
sphinx | | Oedipus' wife |
parados | | Someone who does someone else's bidding |
pericles | | When Greek plays began (time of day) |
thebes | | Roman Mercury (wore winged shoes) |
fifteen | | The ruler of Athens during the Golden Age |
polybus | | The gender not allowed to participate in Greek theatre |
tiresias | | Supposedly in a conspiracy against Oedipus |
dramatis | | The uncle/brother-in-law of Oedipus |
pan | | Oedipus' alleged mother |
personas | | The apostrophe at the end of scene 4 |
tyrannos | | ___________ personae (the list of characters in a play) |
blindness | | Chorus song (rotating right to left) |
strophe | | The art of divination |
catharsis | | The translation of "Oedipus" |
choragos | | He who told Oedipus of Polybus' death |
epode | | Oedipus' grandfather |
laius | | The creaure that terrorized Thebes before Oedipus |
apostrophe | | Long, flowing, padded robe |
female | | Son of Labdicus |
epiphany | | Purging of emothions experienced at the end of a tragedy |
hermes | | Approximate number of men in the chorus |
king | | Sudden revelation |
augury | | The small platform in front of the skene |
civicduty | | The name for a monarch who inherited the throne |
antistrophe | | Masks worn by actors |
labdicus | | The opening of a play |
jocasta | | Greek belief in moderation |
polytheism | | The style of acting in ancient Greece |
exodus | | The final scene |
paulroche | | The city in which the play takes place |
creon | | Group of men who interpreted the meaning of the play |
messenger | | Being in the chorus was considered a _____ ____ |
goldenmean | | The name for a monarch who assumes the throne through heroic deeds |
mountcithaeron | | Direct reference to an absent person or inanimate object |
myrmidon | | The final stanza in some odes |
chiton | | Belief in many gods |
corinth | | The author of Oedipus the King |
chorus | | Excessive pride |
dawn | | So-called father of Oedipus |
prologue | | The paradox in episode 1 |
dramaticirony | | "Son and husband to his mother" |
merope | | When the audience knows information the characters are unaware of |
sophocles | | Where Oedipus was found as a baby |
oedipus | | The city of Merope and Polybus |
swollenfoot | | Leader of the chorus |