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    The document provides an introduction to ancient Greece and the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. It includes background information on ancient Greek geography, history, mythology, and theatre. It also gives overviews of the play's characters, including Oedipus, Jocaste, Creon, and Tiresias. The document concludes by having the reader make predictions about the plot of Oedipus Rex without having read a summary beforehand.

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    The document provides an introduction to ancient Greece and the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. It includes background information on ancient Greek geography, history, mythology, and theatre. It also gives overviews of the play's characters, including Oedipus, Jocaste, Creon, and Tiresias. The document concludes by having the reader make predictions about the plot of Oedipus Rex without having read a summary beforehand.

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    The document provides an introduction to ancient Greece and the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. It includes background information on ancient Greek geography, history, mythology, and theatre. It also gives overviews of the play's characters, including Oedipus, Jocaste, Creon, and Tiresias. The document concludes by having the reader make predictions about the plot of Oedipus Rex without having read a summary beforehand.

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    Intro to Oedipus

    Ancient Greece: Introduction https://www.ancient-greece.org/history/intro.html

    What was the Renaissance guided by?

    Who is the “father of history”?

    Ancient Greece: Geography https://www.ancient-greece.org/history/overview.html

    Where is Greece located?

    During the Hellenic period, where were some of


    the colonies located?

    Ancient Greece: Timeline https://www.ancient-greece.org/resources/timeline.html

    Write down the dates for the events listed below:

    First Olympic Games?

    Earliest Lyric Poets?

    Pythagoras born in Samos?

    Persian Wars?

    Sophocles produces "Antigone" in Athens?

    Roman Invasion of Greece?

    Ancient Greece: Mythology https://www.ancient-greece.org/culture/mythology.html

    Choose three heroes/legends and write down three facts about him/her:

    Hero/Legend: 1.
    2.
    3.

    Hero/Legend: 1.
    2.
    3.

    Hero/Legend: 1.
    2.
    3.
    Intro to Oedipus
    Ancient Greece: Theatre http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/Theatre/

    Who is considered to be the originator of tragedy?

    Describe a Greek theatre (theatron):

    Explain why the ancient Greeks started practicing


    theater. Who were they performing for? Who
    performed?

    Ancient Greece: Quiz https://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_greece_questions.php

    Take the quiz on the link listed above and answer the prompts below:

    What score did you get on the quiz?

    What new information did you learn from the quiz?


    If you knew everything, what was the most
    interesting question?

    Sophocles http://www.ancientgreece.com/s/People/Sophocles/

    When was Sophocles born? When did he die?

    Write five facts you find interesting about 1.


    Sophocles: 2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    Choose 2 of the facts you found and write tw2o 1.


    sentences on each about why you found them 2.
    interesting:

    Oedipus Rex: The King Characters https://www.sparknotes.com/drama/oedipus/characters/


    https://www.enotes.com/topics/oedipus-rex/characters

    For the characters listed below, read the character descriptions from both of the websites above. Then,
    compare the two descriptions. Write down two similarities from the descriptions on each of the characters.

    Oedipus

    Jocaste

    Creon

    Chorus

    Tiresias (Teiresias)
    Intro to Oedipus
    Now that you have gained insight into the setting, author, and characters of the play,
    write five sentences on what you think might happen in the play. Do NOT read a
    summary of the play before making your predictions:

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