Slide 1 You are about to embark on a journey into the dark but illuminating world of the Oedipus story. Although written thousands of years ago, it will hold your interest…

Slide 1 Sophocles and Slide 2 SOPHOCLES (496-406 BC) Concentrated on timeless problems of men and women striving against fate for happiness Gave a sympathetic vision of the…

Slide 1 Incorporating Irony Incorporating Voice Make Your Writing Come Alive with Irony “Humor is everywhere, in that there's Irony in just about anything a human…

Slide 1 The House of the Vettii Art and Architecture of Pompeii and Herculaneum Slide 2 Extra Information Dates from around 1 st century BC 1 100m squared in area and occupies…

Slide 1 Dionysus God of Wine, Music & ecstasy. Slide 2 Birth of Dionysus Dionysus is the only god to have a human mother. Semele was the daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes.…

Slide 1 Chapter 11: Hercules Molly Devine Slide 2 The Birth Of Hercules Hercules was the son of Zeus and the wife of a distinguished Theban general, Alcmena. His first heroic…

Slide 1 Oedipus Rex By: Tweed the Awesome Jaryd the Stupid Chris the Cool Stormi the Katrina Slide 2 This is called Gyros. This is the desert portion you will be getting.…

Slide 1 The Oedipus Myth Characters and Terms: King Laios Queen Jocasta Thebes Oracle at Delphi Oedipus Corinth Sphinx Chorus Choragos Slide 2 The Oedipus Myth Characters…

Slide 1 VOCABULARY NOTEBOOK Add “tragedy” to your vocabulary notebook. Tragedy= a play in which the hero dies or experiences a downfall, usually because of his/her own…

Slide 1 Slide 2 How Can Someone Murder His Father and Marry His Mother… and Never Even Realize It??? The tragic story behind Oedipus the King Slide 3 Once upon a time,…