Oedipus Rex and Greek Drama Review

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Across
  1. 3. To publicly shame
  2. 5. Season when Greek plays are performed
  3. 6. A hero’s fatal flaw
  4. 8. Number of actors on stage at one time (spelled out)
  5. 10. Plays often honored the ____
  6. 12. A group of actors helping to convey the story
  7. 13. Depressed
  8. 15. Oedipus was scared of a _______ that said he would kill his father and marry his mother
  9. 16. Oedipus’ wife and birth mother
  10. 19. Oedipus ______ himself after finding Jocasta dead
  11. 21. Creon tells Oedipus he doesn’t want to be king because he already has ______
  12. 24. Pull back
  13. 25. Useless
  14. 27. The blind prophet who accused Oedipus of killing Laius
Down
  1. 1. A popular theme in Greek drama
  2. 2. King of Thebes before Oedipus
  3. 4. Direct or inappropriate
  4. 5. Author of Oedipus Rex
  5. 6. Excessive pride
  6. 7. Sound bouncing off of something
  7. 9. Oedipus’ daughter who inspired the name of another play in the series
  8. 11. Oedipus saved Thebes from being attacked by the ______
  9. 14. To deeply shock someone
  10. 17. Area below the stage where the chorus sang and danced
  11. 18. Greek name for actors
  12. 20. A reasonable guess
  13. 22. To extremely embarrass
  14. 23. City where Oedipus was originally from
  15. 26. Number of children Oedipus and Jocasta had (spelled out)
  16. 28. Looking weathered or tanned