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1. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Actors were hired by the state.
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
ekeclema

2. Area between the stage where chorus comes
aegis
exodus
Dionysia
parados

3. Songs of Dionysus
aegis
dithyramb
chiton
Euripides

4. Building where props were kept
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
parados
orchestra

5. Song that the chorus sings
strophe and antistrophe
ode
episodes
proskene

6. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
proskene
choregos
cauducus

7. 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
Aerema
hamartia
Euripides

8. Staff
cauducus
strophe and antistrophe
aegis
Aerema

9. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
cauducus
Aeschylus
anagnorisis
anagnorisis

10. Goat song
periactoi
tragedy
choryphaeus
skene

11. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
strophe and antistrophe
Thespis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
anagnorisis

12. Who hired the actors?
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
anagnorisis
Actors were hired by the state.
ekeclema

13. Self revelation - self knowledge
teatron
Thespis
herema
anagnorisis

14. What are the parts of the play?
hypokrite
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
periactoi
Thespis

15. Songs of Dionysus
dithyramb
Actors were hired by the state.
Aeschylus
skene

16. Between the odes
chiton
Sophocles
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
episodes

17. What are the functions of the chorus?

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18. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
anagnorisis
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
hubris
Aeschylus

19. Long cloak
dithyramb
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
chiton
dithyramb

20. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
orchestra
choregos
kothornoi
peripeteia

21. Cloaks
thymele
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
hemateon
strophe and antistrophe

22. Between the odes
episodes
ekeclema
teatron
proskene

23. Pillars
aegis
periactoi
hubris
teatron

24. Leader of the chorus
Actors were hired by the state.
agon
choryphaeus
hamartia

25. Crane from deus ex machina
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
thymele
herema
mimesis

26. What are the parts of the play?
teatron
hamartia
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
strophe and antistrophe

27. Platform
episodes
ekeclema
episodes
choregos

28. Platform shoes
parados
periactoi
kothornoi
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. Goat song
Sophocles
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
agon
tragedy

30. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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31. Crane from deus ex machina
orchestra
periactoi
hubris
herema

32. Cloaks
periactoi
Euripides
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hemateon

33. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
aegis
peripeteia
Dionysia
strophe and antistrophe

34. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
orchestra
hubris
Aeschylus
proskene

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

36. Contest
hubris
hematon
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
agon

37. First actor
strophe and antistrophe
Thespis
thymele
thymele

38. Building where props were kept
hubris
ode
skene
catharsis

39. 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.
catharsis
catharsis
periactoi

40. Purging - cleansing of bad things
aegis
parados
teatron
catharsis

41. Pillars
anagnorisis
orchestra
episodes
periactoi

42. Shield of Zeus
parados
hematon
choregos
aegis

43. First actor
strophe and antistrophe
hubris
Thespis
ekeclema

44. Shield of Zeus
aegis
anagnorisis
agon
anagnorisis

45. Cloak
hematon
hemateon
mimesis
hamartia

46. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
Aerema
aegis
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
hemateon

47. Box in orchestra
mimesis
periactoi
thymele
exodus

48. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
choryphaeus
dithyramb
mimesis
hemateon

49. Pillars on each side of the stage
'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
periactoi
hemateon

50. Song that the chorus sings
cauducus
ode
choregos
proskene