C Executive

Get excited! You're about to read Antigone!

Watch this student made booktrailer to see what's in store!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1ZHcgm_G1Y

1) What is your opinion of women’s roles in Ancient Greece? Write an exemplification

paragraph with at least three examples to support your topic

sentence.http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wmna/hd_wmna.htm

In my opinion women had many roles in Ancient Greece. The first role was

to take care of the children and house. The second role was to be a nurse,

they had to help other women in child labor and other various things. My

third opinion was the women socialized quite a bit.

2) What are three things that you found interesting or surprising about Greek Burial Rites and

Traditions?

1. The first step was to prepare the body, shut the eyes, and close the mouth.

2. The second step was to take the body to where it needed to go.

3. The third step was to cremate and bury the remains.

http://www.morbidoutlook.com/nonfiction/articles/2002_11_greekfuneral.html

3) Why did classical Greek Performers wear masks?

The Greek performers wore mask to play different roles, helping the

audience hear better because the masked projected sound. And show how the

character was feeling.

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/interactives/greece/theater/playersProps.htm

4) Research Sophocles and write a timeline of ten significant events in his life.]

1. Sophocles was born in 495 B.C. in Colonus,

2. When he was 16, he led the paean (a chant to god) over victory of The Battle of

Salamis

3. 468 B.C. he won the Dionysia theatre competition

4. 442 B.C. Sophocles served as a village treasure

5. 440 B.C. he was chosen to be high executive officials who commanded the military

6. 441 B.C. served as a general in the Athenian campaign against Samos.

7. 413 B.C. Sophocles was elected one of the commissioners after the war

8. Sophocles dies in 406 B.C

9. 401 B.C. his grandson made a piece called “Philoctetes” because Sophocles inspired

him

10. Today people see read his work

http://www.theatrehistory.com/ancient/sophocles001.html

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/554733/Sophocles

4) Who is Antigone?

Antigone was the daughter of King Oedipus. She was the main character in a famous play called

“Euripides” written by the famous Sophocles.

http://www.mythencyclopedia.com/Am-Ar/Antigone.html

http://www2.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/antigonebg.html

Contact this candidate