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1. Contest
choregos
peripeteia
agon
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

2. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
ode
Dionysia
catharsis
hubris

3. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
periactoi
peripeteia
tragedy
periactoi

4. Pillars on each side of the stage
Euripides
periactoi
ode
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

5. Pillars on each side of the stage
thymele
skene
periactoi
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear

6. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
parados
anagnorisis
Sophocles
Dionysia

7. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
hubris
peripeteia
orchestra
mimesis

8. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
herema
chiton
hubris
hypokrite

9. Platform
periactoi
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
ekeclema

10. Shield of Zeus
aegis
mimesis
skene
orchestra

11. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Sophocles
orchestra
Actors were hired by the state.
thymele

12. What are the functions of the chorus?

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13. Building where props were kept
ekeclema
skene
choryphaeus
mimesis

14. What are the parts of the play?
episodes
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hypokrite

15. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
peripeteia
Thespis
ekeclema
hypokrite

16. Pillars
thymele
mimesis
ekeclema
periactoi

17. Where the audience sat
Dionysia
Aeschylus
teatron
periactoi

18. Staff
cauducus
hematon
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
skene

19. Songs of Dionysus
hubris
dithyramb
Sophocles
hamartia

20. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
Actors were hired by the state.
periactoi
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear
strophe and antistrophe

21. Platform shoes
parados
mimesis
hematon
kothornoi

22. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Actors were hired by the state.
Thespis
Aeschylus
teatron

23. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
episodes
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
tragedy
ekeclema

24. Where the audience sat
exodus
parados
teatron
hematon

25. Building where props were kept
choregos
skene
strophe and antistrophe
teatron

26. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
Dionysia
parados
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

27. Who liked using deus ex machina?
chiton
peripeteia
Euripides
choryphaeus

28. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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29. Box in orchestra
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
proskene
thymele
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

30. Songs of Dionysus
Sophocles
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
thymele
dithyramb

31. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Aeschylus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Aerema
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

32. Long cloak
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
chiton
anagnorisis
hemateon

33. The mistake in judgment - tragic flaw - 'missing the mark' - it must be in his control - it is a transgression and due to lack of knowledge
ekeclema
agon
hamartia
catharsis

34. Who hired the actors?
tragedy
herema
Actors were hired by the state.
chiton

35. Leader of the chorus
Aerema
choryphaeus
Actors were hired by the state.
peripeteia

36. Last ode
proskene
exodus
skene
catharsis

37. Staff
episodes
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear
Aeschylus
cauducus

38. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
Thespis
ekeclema
Aerema

39. What are the parts of the play?
cauducus
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
proskene

40. Goat song
periactoi
choregos
tragedy
skene

41. First actor
cauducus
tragedy
Thespis
kothornoi

42. What happened in 501 BC?
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
strophe and antistrophe
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Sophocles

43. Purging - cleansing of bad things
ekeclema
hamartia
tragedy
catharsis

44. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
strophe and antistrophe
mimesis
periactoi
hematon

45. Purging - cleansing of bad things
catharsis
Aeschylus
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema

46. What happened in 501 BC?
Aeschylus
periactoi
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

47. Stage
periactoi
Aerema
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
proskene

48. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
herema
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
Aeschylus

49. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
ekeclema
Actors were hired by the state.
hamartia

50. Cloaks
choryphaeus
Thespis
Thespis
hemateon