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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. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
mimesis
Actors were hired by the state.
strophe and antistrophe
dithyramb

3. Contest
dithyramb
peripeteia
cauducus
agon

4. Songs of Dionysus
thymele
dithyramb
hubris
teatron

5. Stage
hubris
hemateon
teatron
proskene

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

7. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
kothornoi
ekeclema
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
peripeteia

8. First Greek word for actor
Euripides
herema
hypokrite
Dionysia

9. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Aeschylus
parados
Actors were hired by the state.
hubris

10. Long cloak
proskene
peripeteia
chiton
strophe and antistrophe

11. Box in orchestra
'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
proskene
thymele

12. Building where props were kept
skene
ekeclema
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

13. Self revelation - self knowledge
Thespis
periactoi
proskene
anagnorisis

14. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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15. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
Euripides
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Thespis

16. Stage
proskene
strophe and antistrophe
'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
episodes

17. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
hemateon
episodes
periactoi
ekeclema

18. Purging - cleansing of bad things
catharsis
proskene
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
orchestra

19. Where the audience sat
Sophocles
teatron
peripeteia
choregos

20. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi
ode

21. Between the odes
episodes
agon
peripeteia
mimesis

22. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
hamartia
hypokrite
Aerema
thymele

23. Last ode
dithyramb
chiton
hemateon
exodus

24. Shield of Zeus
agon
periactoi
aegis
ekeclema

25. Purging - cleansing of bad things
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi
hubris
catharsis

26. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
kothornoi
Euripides
choregos
peripeteia

27. Building where props were kept
dithyramb
Euripides
Aeschylus
skene

28. Goat song
periactoi
tragedy
Sophocles
hypokrite

29. Cloaks
hemateon
orchestra
Actors were hired by the state.
Euripides

30. Cloaks
agon
hemateon
tragedy
catharsis

31. Who liked using deus ex machina?
Aerema
chiton
Euripides
herema

32. 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.
Aeschylus
periactoi
catharsis

33. Song that the chorus sings
thymele
hemateon
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
ode

34. First actor
Actors were hired by the state.
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
peripeteia
Thespis

35. Staff
exodus
hamartia
herema
cauducus

36. Crane from deus ex machina
dithyramb
herema
episodes
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

37. 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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38. Contest
Dionysia
agon
proskene
proskene

39. Goat song
kothornoi
hemateon
tragedy
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

40. Cloak
orchestra
proskene
herema
hematon

41. Crane from deus ex machina
ekeclema
episodes
periactoi
herema

42. Shield of Zeus
cauducus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
aegis
strophe and antistrophe

43. Platform
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
hypokrite

44. Who hired the actors?
Actors were hired by the state.
orchestra
skene
periactoi

45. Song that the chorus sings
episodes
choregos
hemateon
ode

46. Dancing place for chorus
orchestra
herema
periactoi
aegis

47. First Greek word for actor
herema
hypokrite
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
episodes

48. What are the functions of the chorus?

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49. First actor
mimesis
proskene
hemateon
Thespis

50. Self revelation - self knowledge
periactoi
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
anagnorisis
cauducus