Greek Theatre

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1. What are the functions of the chorus?

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2. Shield of Zeus
aegis
kothornoi
anagnorisis
choregos


3. 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
Aeschylus
hamartia
dithyramb
hematon


4. Contest
hematon
agon
cauducus
kothornoi


5. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
ekeclema
kothornoi
hubris


6. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
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
Actors were hired by the state.


7. Purging - cleansing of bad things
parados
catharsis
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
Dionysia


8. What are the functions of the chorus?

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9. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
ekeclema
catharsis
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


10. Building where props were kept
hubris
Actors were hired by the state.
ode
skene


11. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
cauducus
periactoi
Sophocles
Euripides


12. Between the odes
Actors were hired by the state.
periactoi
episodes
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


13. Stage
hematon
anagnorisis
episodes
proskene


14. Pillars
chiton
cauducus
periactoi
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


15. Where the audience sat
ode
teatron
strophe and antistrophe
Sophocles


16. 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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17. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
ekeclema
hamartia
Aeschylus
choregos


18. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
hypokrite
parados
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


19. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
catharsis
orchestra
teatron


20. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
choregos
ekeclema
agon
Aerema


21. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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22. Cloaks
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Actors were hired by the state.
hematon
hemateon


23. Platform shoes
skene
Aerema
kothornoi
chiton


24. Dancing place for chorus
ode
Euripides
kothornoi
orchestra


25. Crane from deus ex machina
orchestra
hematon
dithyramb
herema


26. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
agon
periactoi
hematon
strophe and antistrophe


27. Box in orchestra
mimesis
thymele
Sophocles
hamartia


28. Song that the chorus sings
'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
ode
aegis
parados


29. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
herema
Thespis
chiton


30. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
choryphaeus
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
Aeschylus
Euripides


31. Shield of Zeus
'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
aegis
Sophocles


32. Long cloak
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
Euripides
chiton
hematon


33. Pillars on each side of the stage
teatron
kothornoi
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
periactoi


34. Cloaks
Actors were hired by the state.
ekeclema
anagnorisis
hemateon


35. What happened in 501 BC?
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
tragedy
chiton
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.


36. Stage
episodes
ode
proskene
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


37. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
Actors were hired by the state.
periactoi
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


38. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
dithyramb
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


39. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
periactoi
proskene
peripeteia
'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


40. What are the parts of the play?
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Dionysia
cauducus
cauducus


41. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
agon
episodes
anagnorisis
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


42. Platform shoes
kothornoi
mimesis
strophe and antistrophe
Actors were hired by the state.


43. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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44. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
parados
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
skene


45. Goat song
anagnorisis
tragedy
ekeclema
hamartia


46. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
choregos
Sophocles
strophe and antistrophe
parados


47. 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
hematon
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Euripides
hamartia


48. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
herema
hematon
ekeclema
Aeschylus


49. Contest
agon
ekeclema
proskene
exodus


50. Leader of the chorus
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
choryphaeus
hematon
anagnorisis