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1. Area between the stage where chorus comes
hubris
Aerema
herema
parados

2. Where the audience sat
teatron
strophe and antistrophe
orchestra
aegis

3. What are the functions of the chorus?

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4. Pillars
periactoi
Sophocles
Thespis
Euripides

5. Between the odes
cauducus
hypokrite
strophe and antistrophe
episodes

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

7. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
agon
cauducus
Aerema
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. Platform shoes
kothornoi
periactoi
Actors were hired by the state.
'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

9. First actor
Aeschylus
hamartia
Thespis
ekeclema

10. 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
Actors were hired by the state.
Actors were hired by the state.
thymele

11. Area between the stage where chorus comes
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
parados
ekeclema
exodus

12. Box in orchestra
anagnorisis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
thymele
hemateon

13. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
periactoi
catharsis
Dionysia
kothornoi

14. Goat song
thymele
tragedy
Dionysia
Aeschylus

15. First actor
Thespis
strophe and antistrophe
exodus
periactoi

16. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
choregos
chiton
chiton
Aerema

17. Platform
dithyramb
ekeclema
parados
chiton

18. Where the audience sat
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi
ekeclema
teatron

19. Stage
proskene
ekeclema
hamartia
dithyramb

20. Who hired the actors?
peripeteia
orchestra
Actors were hired by the state.
choregos

21. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
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
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
periactoi
choregos

22. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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23. What are the functions of the chorus?

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24. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
kothornoi
dithyramb
Sophocles
ekeclema

25. Contest
kothornoi
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
skene
agon

26. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
teatron
hubris
choryphaeus
herema

27. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
Aeschylus
cauducus
Aeschylus
ekeclema

28. Pillars
catharsis
periactoi
episodes
hamartia

29. Last ode
ekeclema
dithyramb
exodus
strophe and antistrophe

30. 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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31. Pillars on each side of the stage
ode
Thespis
cauducus
periactoi

32. Between the odes
mimesis
Aeschylus
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
episodes

33. Dancing place for chorus
orchestra
ode
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
tragedy

34. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Sophocles
agon
proskene
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

35. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Dionysia
aegis
hemateon
skene

36. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
Aerema
chiton
hubris

37. Platform
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
ekeclema
Actors were hired by the state.
periactoi

38. Leader of the chorus
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
orchestra
choryphaeus
cauducus

39. Cloak
Actors were hired by the state.
Thespis
ekeclema
hematon

40. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
hypokrite
chiton
strophe and antistrophe
Thespis

41. Self revelation - self knowledge
agon
anagnorisis
orchestra
ode

42. Songs of Dionysus
Dionysia
skene
ekeclema
dithyramb

43. Long cloak
ekeclema
chiton
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
exodus

44. Stage
hamartia
proskene
cauducus
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

45. Goat song
tragedy
skene
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

46. What are the parts of the play?
agon
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Sophocles
teatron

47. Contest
cauducus
orchestra
choregos
agon

48. Crane from deus ex machina
dithyramb
herema
parados
peripeteia

49. Cloak
chiton
anagnorisis
thymele
hematon

50. Last ode
exodus
ekeclema
kothornoi
choryphaeus