1.Antigone by Sophocles2. GreekDrama Greek drama was performed at annual festivals in honor ofDionysos– the god of wine and fertility Greek tragedies likeAntigoneoften…

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Slide 1 Sophocles’ antigone Slide 2 Sophocles Sophocles: born in Athens Greece in 497 BCE and was the best- known of the ancient playwrights. Plays focused on humans under…

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…

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 Antigone & Greek Drama Slide 2 Greek Drama Greek drama grew out of rituals honoring Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and fertility. Thespis (thespians) transformed…

Sophocles Sophocles 1 His Years of Life 496-406 B.C. Age 91 Sophocles was an ancient Greek playwright, born in Colonus near Athens, Greece in 496 B.C.E. His father, Sophilus,…

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