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Add a Slide Title 1 Antigone By Sophocles   Translated by R C Jebb Dramatis Personae   ANTIGONE and ISMENE Daughters of Oedipus CREON King of . Tragedy Trashed or Translated?. Mark Rothko, “Antigone”. “Drama” v. Tragedy. “In drama you struggle, because you hope you’re going to survive. It’s utilitarian – sordid. But tragedy is gratuitous. Pointless, irremediable. Fit for a king!” (Chorus, 102). Sophocles’ . Oedipus at Colonus. 1. Agenda. Recap and Update. OAC. Intro, Background, etc.. Tragedy in Performance. “A Little to the Left?” (What’s Oedipus stepped into?). Oedipal Reversals. 64-bit Intel Xeon X5650 . 2.66Ghz processors. 12 processors sharing 48 GB RAM. Each BARON run restricted to single processor. All experiments under GAMS. 500 CPU seconds limit; . optca. =. optcr. =1e-6. His Years of Life . 496-406 B.C. . Age 91. Sophocles . was an ancient Greek playwright, born in . Colonus. near Athens, Greece in 496 B.C.E. His father, . Sophilus. , was a rich member of a small community, the rural ‘Deme’. Sophocles was highly educated. He is one of three Greek tragedians whose plays have lived on. The . (An-Ti-. Gah. -nee). Sophocles and Greek Tragedy. Tragedy in general. Involves downfall of hero, usually ending with his/her destruction or death (called?). Intense emotion/horrible truth that leads to release or . Colonus. , . Antigone. The story of the cursed House of Thebes as taken from the following Sophoclean plays. The First Family of Greek Tragedy was the House of Cadmus, the royal family of Thebes.. Thebes was a real city in central Greece with real history, but there was a dark side.. Antigone . By Sophocles. Antigone. Daughter of Oedipus, sister of . Ismene. , niece of Creon, . fiance. of . Haemon. Defies Creon’s order that no citizen of Thebes can give . Polynices. ’ body a proper burial, under penalty of death. Antigone. A Look at Ancient Greek Tragedy. Day 1. Syntax: Run-ons . & comma Splices. A comma splice is two sentences joined together with only a comma; a run-on is two sentences joined together without any punctuation. . You will need a piece of paper and a pen or pencil. Think, Pair, Share. If . your mother committed a terrible crime would you turn her in? . Think, Pair, Share. If . your mother committed a terrible crime would you turn her in? . History of Greek Theater . Theater in . the Western World can be traced back to ancient Greece (c. 500 B.C.). Greek drama was presented exclusively at festivals honoring Dionysus.. Dionysus was the god of wine and . and . Nolan. Tertiary heavenly descendents:. Gaia → Titans → Gods/Goddesses. Greeks at the time saw the Gods as embodiments of feelings or thoughts; they thought that the Gods existed in a parallel to themselves.. Samos rebellion, 440-39 BC. Yet, the punishment resembles . apotympanismos. , crucifixion on a plank, which Athenians afflicted upon citizens guilty of . henous. crimes. By all appearances, Pericles treated the . :. c.496 BC - c.406 . BC. born in . Colonus. north-west . of . Athens. always . held in high . regard. (see . Oedipus . Coloneus. ). family . = . wealthy. most productive era =. under PERICLES. statesman. Review for the Test. You will be separated into two teams.. Team . Eteocles. &. Team . Polyneices. Question 1. What did the chorus do in Greek theater?. a. sing and chant. b. sum up the action after every scene.