1. What kind of prize is given for dancing choruses or warshipers?
A bull or goat is prized for dancing choruses or warshipers.
2. How many spectators would gather in the open-air theatre of Dionysos?
About fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air Theater of Dionysos.
3. How does the mask affect the voices of the actors?
The masks affect the voices if the actors voices because these masks had exaggerated mouthpieces that amplified the actors' voices.
4. Why was Antigone suspenseful to viewing audiences?
Antigone was suspendful to audiences because suspense came from their knowledge of things the characters on stage did not know.
5. How is the shepherd to leave the infant on the mountainside?
The shepherd is to leave the infant to die on a lonely mountainside with his ankles pinned together.
6. What is the riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus?
The riddle the Sphinx gave to Oedipus went like this: "What creature goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?"
7. Who are Oedipus's children?
Oedipus's children are Eteocles, Polynices, Antigone, and Ismene.
8. After Oedipus is exiled, who takes over Thebes?
After Oedipus is exiled, Antigone's two brothers agreed to rule in alternate years.
The family would close the dead person's eyes and mouth and began to prepare the body for the próthesis, the wake.
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