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1. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
chiton
Euripides
Aeschylus
orchestra


2. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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3. First Greek word for actor
hamartia
hypokrite
strophe and antistrophe
mimesis


4. Self revelation - self knowledge
catharsis
hamartia
anagnorisis
tragedy


5. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
agon
strophe and antistrophe
hematon
herema


6. 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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7. Songs of Dionysus
aegis
dithyramb
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Dionysia


8. Platform shoes
Dionysia
hubris
Aeschylus
kothornoi


9. Who hired the actors?
agon
exodus
Actors were hired by the state.
Aeschylus


10. Cloak
hematon
mimesis
Sophocles
kothornoi


11. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
exodus
Aeschylus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


12. Where the audience sat
teatron
Dionysia
hemateon
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.


13. What are the parts of the play?
teatron
Thespis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
herema


14. Platform
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
exodus
choregos
ekeclema


15. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
peripeteia
choryphaeus
thymele


16. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
choregos
hubris
parados
teatron


17. Building where props were kept
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
hypokrite
tragedy


18. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
choregos
hubris
agon
orchestra


19. Long cloak
mimesis
hubris
chiton
Euripides


20. First actor
dithyramb
catharsis
Thespis
catharsis


21. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
parados
Aerema
strophe and antistrophe
kothornoi


22. Long cloak
teatron
chiton
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


23. Leader of the chorus
Thespis
choryphaeus
'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
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


24. What are the functions of the chorus?

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25. Goat song
ekeclema
tragedy
Dionysia
periactoi


26. Song that the chorus sings
hypokrite
ode
Aerema
Aeschylus


27. Pillars
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
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
periactoi
hematon


28. Pillars on each side of the stage
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
periactoi
choregos


29. Contest
proskene
teatron
dithyramb
agon


30. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
hemateon
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
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


31. What are the parts of the play?
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Aerema
Euripides


32. Song that the chorus sings
ode
'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
kothornoi
dithyramb


33. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Dionysia
anagnorisis


34. Purging - cleansing of bad things
periactoi
catharsis
hubris
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


35. First actor
Thespis
hematon
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Aeschylus


36. Cloaks
Aerema
hemateon
dithyramb
Dionysia


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


38. Who liked using deus ex machina?
hubris
peripeteia
Euripides
'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


39. 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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40. Shield of Zeus
hematon
aegis
skene
herema


41. Pillars
choregos
ode
choregos
periactoi


42. Cloak
hematon
peripeteia
Aerema
Euripides


43. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
hubris
periactoi
orchestra


44. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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45. Platform shoes
kothornoi
'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
aegis
orchestra


46. Stage
chiton
'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
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


47. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
strophe and antistrophe
teatron
Thespis
Actors were hired by the state.


48. Where the audience sat
Aerema
herema
teatron
thymele


49. Stage
proskene
hemateon
choregos
tragedy


50. Between the odes
episodes
choryphaeus
hypokrite
hubris