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1. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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2. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
hamartia
Sophocles
skene
skene


3. Cloak
hematon
periactoi
Dionysia
Actors were hired by the state.


4. Shield of Zeus
aegis
thymele
'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
Aerema


5. Contest
agon
hematon
hematon
exodus


6. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Aerema
proskene
hubris
episodes


7. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
episodes
choregos
proskene
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


8. Who liked using deus ex machina?
periactoi
Euripides
hypokrite
Thespis


9. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
mimesis
Euripides
ode
strophe and antistrophe


10. Between the odes
Aeschylus
Sophocles
agon
episodes


11. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
Thespis
exodus
catharsis


12. Where the audience sat
teatron
ode
Sophocles
orchestra


13. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
ekeclema
Actors were hired by the state.
ode
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


14. What are the functions of the chorus?

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15. Long cloak
herema
ekeclema
Euripides
chiton


16. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
teatron
strophe and antistrophe
hypokrite
orchestra


17. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
ekeclema
choregos
exodus
hemateon


18. 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
Aerema
strophe and antistrophe
Aeschylus
hamartia


19. Platform
ekeclema
proskene
catharsis
Aeschylus


20. 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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21. First Greek word for actor
Aerema
Aerema
hematon
hypokrite


22. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema
proskene
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


23. 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
Euripides
hamartia
Dionysia
periactoi


24. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
Dionysia
choregos
tragedy
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


25. Pillars
periactoi
skene
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


26. What are the parts of the play?
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
anagnorisis
Dionysia
'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


27. Dancing place for chorus
Thespis
proskene
dithyramb
orchestra


28. Pillars on each side of the stage
Actors were hired by the state.
Aeschylus
periactoi
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


29. Building where props were kept
episodes
skene
'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
peripeteia


30. Goat song
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
ekeclema
Thespis
tragedy


31. Last ode
exodus
'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
mimesis
Dionysia


32. Platform shoes
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
kothornoi
periactoi
Aerema


33. Pillars
periactoi
dithyramb
kothornoi
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


34. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Aeschylus
Sophocles
thymele
peripeteia


35. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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36. Songs of Dionysus
dithyramb
Sophocles
hypokrite
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


37. Shield of Zeus
strophe and antistrophe
orchestra
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
aegis


38. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
teatron
mimesis
hubris
cauducus


39. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
Sophocles
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Euripides
peripeteia


40. Purging - cleansing of bad things
kothornoi
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
teatron
catharsis


41. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
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
mimesis
dithyramb
teatron


42. Platform
ekeclema
periactoi
peripeteia
Dionysia


43. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
choryphaeus
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
thymele
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


44. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Thespis
peripeteia
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Dionysia


45. 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.
orchestra
Euripides
Aeschylus


46. 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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47. Song that the chorus sings
ode
chiton
ekeclema
strophe and antistrophe


48. First Greek word for actor
Sophocles
dithyramb
hypokrite
Euripides


49. Goat song
parados
episodes
Dionysia
tragedy


50. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
ekeclema
peripeteia
ekeclema
hematon