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Antigone Review
Review for test of Antigone
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English
10th Grade
11/18/2010

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Haimon
Definition
Engaged to Antigone
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Eteocles
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Honored brother of Antigone
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Creon
Definition
Ruler of Thebes
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Eurydice
Definition
Wife of Creon
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Ismene
Definition
Sister of Antigone
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Teiresias
Definition
Blind prophet
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Jocasta
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Mother of Antigone
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Oedipus
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Father of Antigone
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Antigone
Definition
Stubborn daughter of Oedipus
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Creon
Definition
Orders body cast out for scavengers
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Eteocles
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Defends Thebes
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Haimon
Definition
Takes his own life
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Antigone
Definition
Performs burial rights over brother
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Eurydice
Definition
Lays a curse upon her husband
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Dionysos
Definition
god of wine and fertility
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Oeidpus
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means 'swollen foot"
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Myth
Definition
an old story, rooted in a particular society that explains a mystery
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Sopocles
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author of Antigone
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Tragedies
Definition
erious treatment sof religious and mythical quetions and sad endings.
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Sphinx
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Oediups defreated the ______ by answering a riddle.
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Men
Definition
In Greek times, all actors were ____.
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ampitheaters
Definition
In Athens, celebrations of Greek Drama were held in outdoor _______
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desert
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Haimon compares the state to a ______.
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ironic
Definition
The fact that Teiresias is bling yet has a greater vision than those who can see is ___________
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