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1. What are the functions of the chorus?

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2. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
kothornoi
chiton
tragedy
hubris

3. Goat song
episodes
Dionysia
tragedy
ode

4. Song that the chorus sings
Actors were hired by the state.
proskene
hematon
ode

5. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Sophocles
anagnorisis
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
proskene

6. Platform
thymele
cauducus
ekeclema
'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

7. Dancing place for chorus
tragedy
orchestra
teatron
ekeclema

8. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
skene
hubris
Dionysia
hamartia

9. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
ekeclema
Actors were hired by the state.
hamartia

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

11. Area between the stage where chorus comes
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
episodes
parados
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

12. Who liked using deus ex machina?
episodes
Euripides
proskene
catharsis

13. Song that the chorus sings
parados
proskene
choregos
ode

14. Cloak
Aeschylus
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
strophe and antistrophe
hematon

15. Platform
thymele
ekeclema
mimesis
episodes

16. Cloaks
ode
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
'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
hemateon

17. 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.
tragedy
hamartia
choryphaeus

18. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
ekeclema
Aeschylus
choryphaeus
thymele

19. Shield of Zeus
kothornoi
aegis
Aerema
periactoi

20. Goat song
tragedy
Actors were hired by the state.
strophe and antistrophe
strophe and antistrophe

21. Long cloak
ekeclema
episodes
chiton
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

22. Songs of Dionysus
episodes
dithyramb
skene
Euripides

23. Crane from deus ex machina
choregos
herema
Thespis
ekeclema

24. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
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
hamartia

25. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
agon
Aerema
hamartia

26. What are the parts of the play?
anagnorisis
ekeclema
Euripides
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

27. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
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
hubris
peripeteia
Actors were hired by the state.

28. Crane from deus ex machina
hematon
periactoi
herema
strophe and antistrophe

29. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
proskene
exodus
Dionysia
proskene

30. Area between the stage where chorus comes
choryphaeus
parados
agon
Dionysia

31. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
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
dithyramb
mimesis

32. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
exodus
anagnorisis
ekeclema
cauducus

33. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
episodes
Aerema
agon
Sophocles

34. 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
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hamartia
herema
cauducus

35. Self revelation - self knowledge
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
periactoi
anagnorisis
skene

36. Box in orchestra
orchestra
thymele
tragedy
hematon

37. Cloaks
proskene
anagnorisis
exodus
hemateon

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

40. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
peripeteia
choregos
skene
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

41. What are the functions of the chorus?

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42. Where the audience sat
hamartia
teatron
parados
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

43. Pillars on each side of the stage
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
aegis
periactoi

44. Contest
hamartia
Dionysia
ekeclema
agon

45. Stage
aegis
proskene
skene
ekeclema

46. Box in orchestra
thymele
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
ekeclema
kothornoi

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

48. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
ode
anagnorisis
Euripides

49. Pillars
hemateon
periactoi
parados
strophe and antistrophe

50. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
Sophocles
'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