Ancient Greek Plays

Comedy playwright, known for sharp wit in plays such as The Clouds, The Frogs, and The Birds.

• Aristophanes

• Democritus

• Solon

• Pythagoras

Who wrote the Greek play Antigone?

• Aristotle
• Sophocles
• Plato
• Dionysis

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Who wrote the Greek play Oedipus Rex?

• Sophocles

• Aristophanes

• Euripides

• Aeschylus

Comedy playwright, known for sharp wit in plays such as Lysistrata. In this play, Greek women stage a sex strike to end a war.

• Aristophanes

• Democritus

• Solon

• Pythagoras

Who wrote the Greek play Antigone?

• Sophocles

• Aristophanes

• Euripides

• Aeschylus

This Greek play tells the story of the title character. At his birth, a prophecy was made that he would kill his father, become king, and marry his mother. Eventually, this all happens. When he learns what he has done, the title character blinds himself and his mother/wife commits suicide.

• Lysistrata

• Oedipus Rex

• Antigone

• Oresteia

This tragedy by Sophocles traces the life and death of Oedipus's daughter--who is the title character. She is engaged to the prince but disobeys an order from the king. For disobedience, the king entombs her alive--she then hangs herself. The prince (her fiancee) commits suicide. The queen then kills herself. The King blames himself.

• Oresteia

• The Birds

• Oedipus Rex

• Antigone

This is a 4 play cycle that takes place at the end of the Trojan War. It tells the story of the murder of Agamemnon and his mistress Cassandra by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. Agamemnon's children (Orestes & Electra) avenge their father by killing their mother and her lover. Athena organizes a trial for Orestes & Electra. Orestes is acquitted.

• The Bacchae

• Oresteia

• Oedipus Rex

• Antigone

This play by Euripedes retells the story of the sorceress who saved Jason and the Argonauts during their quest for the Golden Fleece.

• Medea

• Antigone

• Oresteia

• Lysistrata

In this play, the two sons of Oedipus battle for control of the kingdom--Thebes. In the end, the 2 brothers kill one another. Their sister--Antigone--is left to bury them. She gets her own play to tell that story.

• Seven Against Thebes

• Oedipus Rex

• Lysistrata

• Medea