| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Creon | recently made King of Thebes |
| Creon | the uncle to his sister's children: Eteocles, Polyneices, Antigone & Ismene |
| Eteocles | brother of Polyneices, Antigone & Ismene |
| Eteocles | shared the throne with his brother after his father left Thebes in shame |
| Polyneices | brother of Eteocles, Antigone & Ismene |
| Polyneices | Creon refused to bury him because he thought he was a traitor |
| Antigone | Niece of Creon |
| Antigone | Sister of Polyneices, Eteocles & Ismene |
| Antigone | upset at Creon's refusal to bury both boys |
| Ismene | Sister of Antigone, Eteocles & Polyneices |
| Haemon | Son of Creon |
| Haemon | Intended husband of Antigone |
| Queen Eurydice | Haemon's mother |
| Chorus Leader | Usually provides opportunity for dialogue within the chorus |
| Tiresias | blind soothsayer who is able to look into the future |
| The boy | leads Tiresias around and acts as his eyes |
| Messenger | Tell the audience about what happened offstage |
| Messenger | Ran on stage and spoke to the audience of any deaths or killings |
| Chorus | frequently sang and danced on stage |
| Chorus | 15 to 20 men who represented the citizens |
| Dionysos | the god of wine and fertility |
| Aeschylus | playwright |
| King Laios | Married to Jocasta |
| King Laios | King of Thebes |
| King Laios | real father of Oedipus |
| Queen Jocasta | Married to King Laios |
| Queen Jocasta | real mother of Oedipus |
| Queen Jocasta | kills herself after she learns that she married her son |
| Oedipus | means "swollen foot" or "club foot" |
| Oedipus | kills King Laios |
| Oedipus | marries his mother |
| Oedipus | gouges his eyes out to punish himself for being blind to the truth |
| Oedipus | solves the riddle of the Sphinx |
| Oedipus | people of Thebes welcome him as their savior |
| Oedipus | father to Polyneices, Eteocles, Antigone & Ismene |
| Creon | exiled Oedipus |
| Oedipus | wanders the countryside as a beggar and dies in Colonus |
| Antigone | believes that God's laws must be obeyed |
| Sophocles | wrote "Antigone" |
| Sophocles | Greek dramatist |
| tragic hero | the main character in a tragedy is known as this |
| Soldier | brings the news that someone has buried Polyneices |
| Soldiers | throw dice to decide who should tell Creon about Polyneices |
| Creon | described as "paranoid" |
| Soldier | tells Creon that the problem might really lie with Creon's conscience |
| Chorus | warns us that a man who is arrogant, lawless, or neglectful with be brought low |
| Haemon | threatens that he will follow Antigone into death |
| Diana & Danae | similar to Antigone's death |
| Chorus Leader | says "I do not trust extremes of silence in the face of grief" |
| Creon | in this story, he is the tragic hero |
| Queen Eurydice | married to Creon |
| Queen Eurydice | stabs herself because of the news of the death of Haemon |
| Chorus | tells us that through the death of thos near to him, Creon has at least become wise |
| Ismene | makes the untrue statement of saying that she took part in what Antigone did |
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