Creative  Project Answer Sheet

Characters:

Q: Who is being referred to in this passage? “She'll guard you from their dreadful writhing snakes and stop them touching you, by holding out  her shield with the Gorgon's face above your head.” A: Athena!

Q: What character passes the thresholds between men and God’s, seeing and unseeing, present and future? A: Tiresias.

Q: The inspirer or ritual madness is who? A: Dionysus

Q: This character took her own life when she found out her son and had his betrothed were dead. A: Eurydice.

Q: Who is not not Oedipus’s half sister? A: Antigone.

Q: Tantalus is the grandfather of whom? A: Orestes.

Q: Contrary to literal evidence, the Eumenides were actually never called what? Q: The kindly ones.

Poets:

Q: What was Aristotle’s view on how tragedy began?  A: Double origin of tragedy through the satyr plays and the dithyramb.

Q: Who is the “father” of tragedy? A: Aeschylus

Q: Thespis of Icaria is claimed to be the first what? A: Actor in a play.

Q: Sophocles reduced the importance of the chorus in presenting the plot by introducing what? A: Adding a third actor.

Q: What instrument did Aristotle believe to be irrational? A: The Flute

Q: What philosopher believed tragedy as a combination of probability in a tragic chain of causality? A: Aristotle.

Q: Aechylus was one of the many Greek’s who had been initiated into what?A: The Eleusinian mysteries for the cult of Demeter.

 

Professor Porteries

 

Q: What was Professor Porterius’s undergraduate major?

A: Triple major: History, Greek, English

 

Q: If Professor Porterius obtained a time machine what play would he mostlikely teleport to see?

A: Ancient Athens

 

Q: Who is Professor Porterius’s favorite Greek tragic poet? A: Homer

 

Q: What magnificent Greek God would Professor Porterius most likely follow? A: Apollo

 

Q: What country does Professor’s ancestors Porterius hail from? A: Lithuania

 

Q: What tragic poet or philosopher would Professor Porterius like to have lunch with? A: Socrates, of course

 

Q: What is Professor Porteius hobby when he is not enlightening us mortals? A: Listening to music.

 

Vocabulary:

Q: Define Hamarita and Komodoi. A: Tragic flaw and Comedians.

Q: How many audience members could the Theatre of Dionysius hold? A: 15-20 thousand, or 5-7% of the population

Q: What is a gorgon? A: A lion/sphinx or it means terrible.

Q: What is the word for visual astonishment? A: Ekplexis

Q: What is the Greek word for dignified? Hint- It rhymes with, “you should have been taking some notes!” A: Semnotes.

Q: What is the Greek word for naming something with a prophetic meaning? A: Kledonomancy.

Q: In many plays, Thebes represented what? A: The anti-Athens.