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1. Leader of the chorus
tragedy
choryphaeus
aegis
choregos

2. What are the parts of the play?
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
orchestra
choryphaeus
aegis

3. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Sophocles
catharsis
Aeschylus
tragedy

4. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
proskene
periactoi
hubris
tragedy

5. Shield of Zeus
tragedy
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
hamartia
aegis

6. Dancing place for chorus
Thespis
Dionysia
strophe and antistrophe
orchestra

7. Last ode
exodus
'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
tragedy
Aeschylus

8. Stage
strophe and antistrophe
aegis
proskene
Sophocles

9. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
Aerema
Aeschylus
Thespis

10. First actor
Thespis
tragedy
catharsis
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

11. 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
episodes
hematon
hamartia
Aeschylus

12. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
herema
hematon
hamartia

13. Contest
thymele
orchestra
agon
hamartia

14. Long cloak
hemateon
chiton
hemateon
hamartia

15. What are the parts of the play?
Dionysia
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
teatron
Actors were hired by the state.

16. Last ode
dithyramb
chiton
exodus
ekeclema

17. Who hired the actors?
hubris
Aeschylus
Actors were hired by the state.
peripeteia

18. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
parados
parados
choregos

19. Between the odes
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
parados
episodes
hubris

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

21. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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22. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Aeschylus
choregos
agon
Actors were hired by the state.

23. Building where props were kept
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
catharsis
Sophocles
skene

24. 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.
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
strophe and antistrophe

25. Cloak
hematon
teatron
choryphaeus
ode

26. Pillars
orchestra
anagnorisis
periactoi
Aerema

27. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
ekeclema
ode
thymele
Aerema

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

29. Platform shoes
Thespis
anagnorisis
catharsis
kothornoi

30. Goat song
hamartia
tragedy
periactoi
aegis

31. Platform
ekeclema
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
periactoi

32. Cloaks
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
hypokrite
exodus
hemateon

33. Between the odes
Thespis
episodes
Aerema
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

34. Songs of Dionysus
mimesis
dithyramb
aegis
ode

35. Who hired the actors?
exodus
hamartia
hubris
Actors were hired by the state.

36. Purging - cleansing of bad things
tragedy
catharsis
peripeteia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

37. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
anagnorisis
Aerema
Euripides
hubris

38. Who liked using deus ex machina?
tragedy
parados
Euripides
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

39. 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
periactoi
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
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

40. 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.
skene
dithyramb
hubris

41. Who liked using deus ex machina?
choryphaeus
dithyramb
Euripides
orchestra

42. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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43. Shield of Zeus
dithyramb
Dionysia
aegis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

44. Cloak
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
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

45. Long cloak
Thespis
Dionysia
chiton
choryphaeus

46. Pillars
Thespis
Aeschylus
choryphaeus
periactoi

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

48. Staff
aegis
cauducus
ekeclema
ekeclema

49. Box in orchestra
thymele
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
parados

50. Song that the chorus sings
catharsis
Thespis
Sophocles
ode