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1. 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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2. Last ode
ekeclema
Euripides
kothornoi
exodus

3. Songs of Dionysus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hemateon
catharsis
dithyramb

4. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
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
thymele
anagnorisis
peripeteia

5. Platform
ekeclema
herema
catharsis
cauducus

6. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
ekeclema
aegis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
exodus

7. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
ode
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
strophe and antistrophe
mimesis

8. Cloaks
hemateon
orchestra
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

9. Area between the stage where chorus comes
cauducus
catharsis
Aeschylus
parados

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

11. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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

13. Between the odes
episodes
parados
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Aeschylus

14. 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
choregos
hamartia
peripeteia
Thespis

15. Who liked using deus ex machina?
mimesis
orchestra
Euripides
Aerema

16. Building where props were kept
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
strophe and antistrophe
skene
hamartia

17. Goat song
tragedy
strophe and antistrophe
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
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

18. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
anagnorisis
teatron
agon

19. Goat song
Aeschylus
tragedy
Sophocles
chiton

20. Purging - cleansing of bad things
Aeschylus
chiton
choregos
catharsis

21. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema
hypokrite

22. Song that the chorus sings
ode
strophe and antistrophe
thymele
teatron

23. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
choryphaeus
peripeteia
Aeschylus
Sophocles

24. First actor
orchestra
Thespis
hypokrite
orchestra

25. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
periactoi
Aeschylus
exodus
orchestra

26. Crane from deus ex machina
tragedy
orchestra
teatron
herema

27. 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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28. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
tragedy
cauducus
orchestra

29. Building where props were kept
thymele
teatron
skene
cauducus

30. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
agon
ekeclema
tragedy
dithyramb

31. Dancing place for chorus
hypokrite
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
thymele
orchestra

32. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
kothornoi
hemateon
anagnorisis
choregos

33. 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
choryphaeus
agon
hemateon

34. Purging - cleansing of bad things
'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
catharsis
periactoi
Aerema

35. Box in orchestra
thymele
Actors were hired by the state.
hubris
'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

36. 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
cauducus
hypokrite
tragedy

37. Songs of Dionysus
'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
exodus
peripeteia
dithyramb

38. What are the parts of the play?
choregos
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
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hematon

39. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
hematon
aegis
Aerema

40. What are the parts of the play?
Aeschylus
hubris
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hamartia

41. Self revelation - self knowledge
Aeschylus
anagnorisis
Euripides
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

42. Last ode
exodus
agon
herema
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

43. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Aerema
hemateon
catharsis

44. Shield of Zeus
kothornoi
kothornoi
thymele
aegis

45. 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
ekeclema
choryphaeus
periactoi

46. What happened in 501 BC?
hypokrite
proskene
hamartia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

47. What are the functions of the chorus?

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48. Leader of the chorus
ekeclema
cauducus
tragedy
choryphaeus

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

50. Song that the chorus sings
ode
Dionysia
anagnorisis
teatron