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Greek Tragedy escape rooms

5 self-checking escape rooms on Greek Tragedy by Sophocles and Aeschylus, one for each section. Every answer comes from the text, so each room checks reading as well as recall, and they work with any edition. For grades 9–12, classical homeschoolers and literature classes.

No logins and nothing to install. Try the first two locks of any room free. See all the classics escape rooms.

The Plague City: escape room on Greek Tragedy, Oedipus the King

Greek Tragedy · Oedipus the KingThe Plague CityFree taster

The Unburied Brother: escape room on Greek Tragedy, Antigone

Greek Tragedy · AntigoneThe Unburied BrotherFree taster

The Long Watch: escape room on Greek Tragedy, Agamemnon

Greek Tragedy · AgamemnonThe Long WatchFree taster

The Lock of Hair: escape room on Greek Tragedy, The Libation Bearers

Greek Tragedy · The Libation BearersThe Lock of HairFree taster

The First Trial: escape room on Greek Tragedy, The Eumenides

Greek Tragedy · The EumenidesThe First TrialFree taster

Room by room

Oedipus the King: The Plague City. The plague in Thebes, the oracle Creon brings back, the quarrel with Teiresias, Jocasta's story of the place where three roads meet, the news from Corinth, the shepherd's confession and the end of Oedipus' reign.
Antigone: The Unburied Brother. Creon's decree, the two sisters' quarrel, the guard's report, Antigone's defiance, Haemon's plea to his father, Teiresias' warning and the deaths that leave Creon alone.
Agamemnon: The Long Watch. The watchman's signal, the chorus's memory of Aulis, Clytemnestra's welcome, the king's walk into the palace, Cassandra's visions, the murder and Aegisthus' claim to the throne.
The Libation Bearers: The Lock of Hair. Orestes at his father's grave, Electra's recognition of her brother, the queen's dream, the false news from Phocis, the deaths in the palace and the coming of the Furies.
The Eumenides: The First Trial. The priestess's terror at Delphi, the ghost of Clytemnestra, the flight to Athens, the founding of the court on the Areopagus, the trial of Orestes and Athena's long effort to calm the Furies.