Greek Theatre

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
herema
peripeteia
exodus


2. Stage
aegis
Thespis
proskene
strophe and antistrophe


3. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
Euripides
ode
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
ekeclema


4. What are the functions of the chorus?

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5. What are the functions of the chorus?

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6. Who liked using deus ex machina?
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
orchestra
peripeteia
Euripides


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


8. Cloak
hematon
hemateon
choryphaeus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.


9. Stage
orchestra
choryphaeus
proskene
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


10. Crane from deus ex machina
choryphaeus
Aeschylus
herema
chiton


11. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)

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12. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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13. Area between the stage where chorus comes
Euripides
parados
skene
anagnorisis


14. First actor
catharsis
Thespis
herema
tragedy


15. Platform shoes
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
kothornoi
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi


16. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
Actors were hired by the state.
Sophocles
hubris
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


17. Last ode
periactoi
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
exodus
Euripides


18. Purging - cleansing of bad things
agon
catharsis
anagnorisis
Sophocles


19. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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20. Building where props were kept
Actors were hired by the state.
cauducus
skene
parados


21. Contest
choryphaeus
choregos
agon
strophe and antistrophe


22. Shield of Zeus
tragedy
Aeschylus
aegis
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.


23. Staff
cauducus
Euripides
parados
periactoi


24. First Greek word for actor
proskene
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hamartia
hypokrite


25. Shield of Zeus
Euripides
Sophocles
ode
aegis


26. 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.
hamartia
Aeschylus
exodus


27. Platform shoes
skene
kothornoi
hemateon
hematon


28. Dancing place for chorus
herema
hypokrite
herema
orchestra


29. Area between the stage where chorus comes
Euripides
hamartia
peripeteia
parados


30. Building where props were kept
orchestra
skene
ode
teatron


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


32. Leader of the chorus
tragedy
parados
choryphaeus
agon


33. Long cloak
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
agon
herema
chiton


34. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hemateon
choregos


35. What happened in 501 BC?
episodes
cauducus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
dithyramb


36. Goat song
tragedy
dithyramb
strophe and antistrophe
strophe and antistrophe


37. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
catharsis
ekeclema
catharsis
mimesis


38. Staff
ekeclema
cauducus
hemateon
anagnorisis


39. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
kothornoi
periactoi
strophe and antistrophe
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


40. Platform
tragedy
ekeclema
thymele
choregos


41. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
kothornoi
Aerema
chiton


42. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
mimesis
periactoi
peripeteia


43. Contest
herema
periactoi
agon
anagnorisis


44. Where the audience sat
dithyramb
Aerema
hematon
teatron


45. Pillars
episodes
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
peripeteia
periactoi


46. Songs of Dionysus
Thespis
ekeclema
dithyramb
exodus


47. Long cloak
chiton
orchestra
periactoi
hubris


48. 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
teatron
agon
Euripides
hamartia


49. Box in orchestra
'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
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
periactoi


50. Goat song
dithyramb
tragedy
aegis
cauducus