Episode 31 Quiz

Welcome to the quiz for Episode 31: The Requiem at Athens. See what you remember about Oedipus’ final days and the close of the Peloponnesian War by clicking “START” below!

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Oedipus tells another character, “May you never defeat your motherland; / May you never return alive to Argos; / May you, in dying, kill your [brother!]” To whom is Oedipus speaking here?

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Creon wants Oedipus to:

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Near the beginning of Oedipus at Colonus, this character says, “Sit down and rest. / You have come a long way, father.”

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Theseus helps Oedipus after Creon:

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We’re reading Sophocles’ three Theban plays in chronological order, so that the story starts at the beginning and concludes at the end. In which order did these three plays originally premiere in Athens?

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Thucydides writes about which historical event at the colony of Milos?

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Oedipus is distraught when his daughter Ismene tells him:

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Between 404 and 403 BCE, a tyrannical regime imposed by Sparta ruled in Athens. This regime was called:

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What is Antigone’s uncle’s name?

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In Sophocles’ play, Colonus is:

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