Slide 1 Background on Greek Drama and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Slide 2 Review: Sophocles and Greek Drama How was Greek drama born? It developed from ancient rituals honoring…

Slide 1 Oedipus the King Greek Theatre Sophocles Greek Tragedy Oedipus the King Slide 2 Greek Theatre Slide 3 Theatre developed from two sources 1. The need to imitate Fun…

Slide 1 Entrance Ticket Do you believe in “predestination” -- or what some people call -- “fate”? Why or why not? If you could be told your future, would you choose…

Slide 1 Oedipus Rex by Sophocles Slide 2 Sophocles 496-406 BCE A playwright who lived a long, happy life grew up in a wealthy family in Athens, Greece Slide 3 Sophocles His…

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Slide 1 Greek Theater Slide 2 The Greek Theater 5 th Century B. C. Golden Age of Greek Drama Dramatic festivals were popular People witnessed tragic and comic plays Slide…

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Slide 1 By Sophocles Oedipus Rex Slide 2 You have been summoned by a Greek oracle to have your future told to you…what news does she impart to you concerning your fate…

Slide 1 ANTIGONE By: Sophocles Slide 2 The Theater The theater for which Antigone was written was different from theaters we know today. More like a ___________ Slide 3 The…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Sophocles Slide 3 Born 496 B.C. and died after 413 B.C. Wrote Antigone in 441 B.C. Lived near Athens--priest, state treasurer and committee advisor for the…