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1. Dancing place for chorus
orchestra
cauducus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hematon

2. Building where props were kept
orchestra
ekeclema
Aerema
skene

3. What are the parts of the play?
tragedy
orchestra
Thespis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

4. Staff
cauducus
peripeteia
ekeclema
dithyramb

5. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
exodus
teatron
chiton
peripeteia

6. Box in orchestra
chiton
Euripides
Actors were hired by the state.
thymele

7. What are the functions of the chorus?

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8. Crane from deus ex machina
Aeschylus
herema
hematon
periactoi

9. Last ode
hematon
exodus
cauducus
anagnorisis

10. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
aegis
Aeschylus
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

11. Cloak
hematon
hypokrite
kothornoi
teatron

12. Platform shoes
kothornoi
cauducus
Aeschylus
hypokrite

13. Who hired the actors?
ekeclema
Actors were hired by the state.
teatron
exodus

14. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi
hamartia

15. Platform
thymele
Euripides
periactoi
ekeclema

16. Stage
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
Dionysia
proskene
skene

17. 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.
choregos
cauducus
Aerema

18. Box in orchestra
Aeschylus
thymele
hamartia
hypokrite

19. Purging - cleansing of bad things
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
proskene
catharsis
choregos

20. Cloaks
Thespis
thymele
hamartia
hemateon

21. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hematon
parados
hubris
tragedy

22. Who hired the actors?
mimesis
Actors were hired by the state.
Thespis
ode

23. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
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
strophe and antistrophe
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

24. Cloaks
dithyramb
hemateon
parados
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

25. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
ekeclema
dithyramb
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
teatron

26. Platform shoes
kothornoi
ode
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
thymele

27. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
peripeteia
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
parados
agon

28. Long cloak
agon
hematon
hubris
chiton

29. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
Dionysia
strophe and antistrophe
ekeclema
Aeschylus

30. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
orchestra
ode
Euripides
mimesis

31. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
hamartia
kothornoi
hemateon
Aerema

32. Between the odes
thymele
Thespis
episodes
ode

33. What happened in 501 BC?
kothornoi
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
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
Dionysia

34. Songs of Dionysus
dithyramb
hypokrite
chiton
Sophocles

35. Song that the chorus sings
ode
hemateon
exodus
parados

36. Building where props were kept
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
parados
teatron
skene

37. Crane from deus ex machina
hypokrite
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
Sophocles
herema

38. Pillars
periactoi
kothornoi
hypokrite
Actors were hired by the state.

39. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
Aerema
parados
ode
ekeclema

40. First actor
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
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
Thespis
dithyramb

41. Long cloak
skene
chiton
choregos
'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

42. Self revelation - self knowledge
tragedy
hubris
anagnorisis
ode

43. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
periactoi
skene
Sophocles
Aeschylus

44. What are the functions of the chorus?

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45. Where the audience sat
ode
periactoi
teatron
episodes

46. Purging - cleansing of bad things
ekeclema
Thespis
catharsis
aegis

47. 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
herema
hemateon
hamartia
hematon

48. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
choregos
kothornoi
thymele

49. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
Sophocles
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
choregos
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

50. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Thespis
Dionysia
cauducus
hypokrite