BROMA, JOHN CLEN

LIT110/B1

SEATWORK 4: Copy the exact line from the text.

1. The Choragos and the Chorus pray to a “god of many names”. What are some of these
names? Mention at least 2.

Chorus: O Iacchus, son of Cadmean Semele, O born of the thunder, guardian of the
West, regent of Eleusis’ plain, O prince of maenad Thebes and the Dragon Field by
rippling Ismenus:

2. Who does the Messenger claim is a “walking dead man”?

Messenger: Take the case of Creon: Creon was happy once, as I count happiness:
Victorious in battle, sole governor of the land, fortunate father of children nobly born.
And now it has all gone from him! Who can say that a man is still alive when his life’s
joy fails? He is a walking dead man. Grant him rich;

3. Creon and the Messenger were praying to ___________and ___________while they

were bathing whatever was left of Polyneices’ body.

Messenger: I went with Creon to the outer plain where Polyneices was lying, no friend to
pity him, his body shredded by dogs. We made our prayers in that place to Hecate and
Pluto, that they would be merciful. And we bathed the corpse with holy water

4. In Ode 4, who “bore the gods’ prisoning anger for his pride?0

Messenger: And Dryas’ son also, that furious king, bore the god’s prisoning anger for his
pride:

5. What did Creon and the Messenger bring to bury whatever was left of Polyneices’ body

Messenger: and we brought fresh-broken branches to burn what was left of it

6. In the end the Choragos said: There is no happiness where there is no wisdom. No
wisdom but ________________.

Chorus: …in submission to the gods.

7. According to the Messenger’s report to Eurydice, how did Antigone kill herself?

Messenger: We saw her lying: she had made a noose of her fine linen veil. And hanged
herself.

8. Whose line: “ The living are guilty of their death.”

Messenger: They are dead. The living are guilty of their death.