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Sophocles Greek dramatist; innovator in drama Dionysus God of fertility and wine Tragoi the priests of the god Dionysus choragos acts as a spokesman for the chorus tragedy drama or literary work in which the main character is brought to ruin or suffers extreme sorrow tragos + ode hymn of the goats chorus represented the response of ordinary people to events in the play; 15 members Antigone main character Ismene sister to the main character; refuses to help out of fear Teiresias blind prophet Haemon the king's son; engaged to the main character Creon current ruler of Thebes Oedipus father to Antigone, Eteocles, Polyneices, and Ismene theatron Tiers of benches built up on the side of a hill; rose from a center circle orchestra a large circular area; the "dancing place" thymele Altar where sacrifices to Dionysus were held parados (architecture) Entrance to theater used by the chorus skene Large, rectangular building which represented the location of the plays and served as a backstage area proskenion A raised platform on which the actors performed parados (play) the opening song ode Song dividing scene; similar to modern-day curtain paean Part of the play giving thanks to Dionysus exodus The final scene harmartia Tragic flaw hubris Excessive pride or arrogance