Oedipus+Myth-Greek+Theater

Teach the Oedipus Myth

For this assignment you will be reading up on the Oedipus story which is important background information for the play Antigone, which we will be reading next. To do this, you first need to link up with this Web site up in another window so you can keep these directions open, too:

http://www.oedipusmax.com/myth.htm

Take the follow steps:

1) Read the article from beginning to end.

2) Re-read the article but this time take notes of the main events in a timeline.

3) After you have made your timeline, write down any significant details underneath each main event. All of this will provide you something to work with when you present your lesson on the myth. (Keep in mind, not everybody will be presenting; I will be making a random request and you ALL should be prepared to do this)

Since everybody will have read the myth, we will actually be coming together as a class to fill in the blanks if need be. Nobody will be on their own.

Greek Theater Definitions

Use both of the following web pages and synthesize the information on them to define the Greek theater terms that follow the links. Be sure to view the images, too, as they may help you define these words.

http://www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/tragedy_theater.html

http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110tech/Theater.html

Parodos:

Skene:

Orchestra:

Theatron: