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Greek Theatre

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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Purging - cleansing of bad things
hypokrite
episodes
orchestra
catharsis

2. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
exodus
ekeclema
periactoi

3. Area between the stage where chorus comes
hubris
Thespis
parados
skene

4. Pillars on each side of the stage
periactoi
hemateon
parados
agon

5. First Greek word for 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
proskene
hypokrite
kothornoi

6. What are the parts of the play?
Aeschylus
periactoi
catharsis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

7. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
mimesis
ode
Dionysia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

8. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
ekeclema
mimesis
strophe and antistrophe
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

9. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
parados
peripeteia
ekeclema
choryphaeus

10. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
dithyramb
proskene
choregos

11. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
hematon
Aerema
chiton
mimesis

12. Leader of the chorus
mimesis
ode
choryphaeus
catharsis

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

14. Contest
Euripides
orchestra
Thespis
agon

15. Platform shoes
hubris
anagnorisis
hemateon
kothornoi

16. 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
hamartia
ode
skene
exodus

17. What are the parts of the play?
hypokrite
hypokrite
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

18. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
thymele
peripeteia
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
Aerema

19. Platform
hamartia
Aerema
ekeclema
exodus

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

21. Last ode
exodus
hamartia
cauducus
Thespis

22. Shield of Zeus
thymele
aegis
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
teatron

23. Building where props were kept
skene
anagnorisis
teatron
Sophocles

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

25. Songs of Dionysus
periactoi
dithyramb
Euripides
choryphaeus

26. Between the odes
episodes
skene
Aeschylus
strophe and antistrophe

27. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
Aeschylus
parados
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

28. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
strophe and antistrophe
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
dithyramb
Dionysia

29. Staff
ode
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Euripides
cauducus

30. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
hubris
mimesis
kothornoi
Sophocles

31. Building where props were kept
Sophocles
skene
chiton
Dionysia

32. What are the functions of the chorus?

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33. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
ekeclema
kothornoi
hematon

34. Cloaks
hubris
choregos
hemateon
choregos

35. Who liked using deus ex machina?
dithyramb
chiton
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Euripides

36. Leader of the chorus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
mimesis
choryphaeus
orchestra

37. Crane from deus ex machina
anagnorisis
Aerema
herema
Euripides

38. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
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
parados
ekeclema

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. Pillars
ode
kothornoi
periactoi
Actors were hired by the state.

41. Song that the chorus sings
ode
Dionysia
anagnorisis
hamartia

42. Pillars
tragedy
periactoi
strophe and antistrophe
Aeschylus

43. Goat song
tragedy
dithyramb
teatron
ode

44. Long cloak
strophe and antistrophe
chiton
Thespis
choryphaeus

45. Box in orchestra
orchestra
choryphaeus
thymele
kothornoi

46. Cloak
agon
hematon
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
strophe and antistrophe

47. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
ode
Sophocles
periactoi
exodus

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

49. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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50. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
dithyramb
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
orchestra
Aeschylus