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1. What are the functions of the chorus?

2. Cloak
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Aerema
thymele
hematon

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

4. Pillars on each side of the stage
periactoi
Thespis
choryphaeus
choryphaeus

5. Box in orchestra
Dionysia
thymele
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
peripeteia

6. 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
choregos
thymele
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

7. First actor
'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
dithyramb
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
Thespis

8. Between the odes
chiton
episodes
Sophocles
ekeclema

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

10. Area between the stage where chorus comes
hemateon
parados
Aerema
ekeclema

11. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
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
strophe and antistrophe
Thespis

12. Self revelation - self knowledge
ode
parados
anagnorisis
periactoi

13. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
'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
dithyramb
hubris

14. Who liked using deus ex machina?
choregos
Euripides
ekeclema
proskene

15. First Greek word for actor
tragedy
choryphaeus
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
hypokrite

16. Contest
strophe and antistrophe
agon
skene
proskene

17. Dancing place for chorus
orchestra
Actors were hired by the state.
hypokrite
Euripides

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
choryphaeus
hemateon
thymele
hamartia

19. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Sophocles
chiton
choryphaeus
exodus

20. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

21. Area between the stage where chorus comes
parados
periactoi
Euripides
ekeclema

22. Goat song
Actors were hired by the state.
hemateon
tragedy
periactoi

23. Goat song
parados
dithyramb
tragedy
Euripides

24. Song that the chorus sings
parados
periactoi
ode
periactoi

25. Song that the chorus sings
tragedy
ode
exodus
choryphaeus

26. Cloaks
cauducus
hemateon
ekeclema
anagnorisis

27. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
Sophocles
hematon
hubris
hemateon

28. 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.
strophe and antistrophe
hubris

29. What are the parts of the play?
aegis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Sophocles
Dionysia

30. Stage
proskene
peripeteia
strophe and antistrophe
orchestra

31. Where the audience sat
peripeteia
teatron
proskene
hubris

32. Songs of Dionysus
hubris
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
dithyramb
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

33. Box in orchestra
Thespis
Thespis
dithyramb
thymele

34. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
kothornoi
Thespis
hypokrite
mimesis

35. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Dionysia
mimesis
Sophocles
proskene

36. Where the audience sat
ode
hypokrite
hematon
teatron

37. Leader of the chorus
kothornoi
choryphaeus
kothornoi
ekeclema

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

39. Long cloak
exodus
ode
catharsis
chiton

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

41. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
orchestra
ekeclema
skene
ode

42. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
episodes
Dionysia
peripeteia
hubris

43. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
hemateon
tragedy
strophe and antistrophe
episodes

44. Pillars
hamartia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
periactoi
Thespis

45. Last ode
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
exodus
hamartia
cauducus

46. Long cloak
kothornoi
chiton
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Actors were hired by the state.

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
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
cauducus
hamartia
skene

48. Pillars on each side of the stage
chiton
periactoi
hypokrite
hematon

49. Purging - cleansing of bad things
episodes
catharsis
tragedy
hamartia

50. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
mimesis
strophe and antistrophe
catharsis