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1. What happened in 501 BC?
Aeschylus
herema
mimesis
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

2. First actor
mimesis
proskene
Thespis
parados

3. 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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4. Songs of Dionysus
dithyramb
Sophocles
peripeteia
cauducus

5. Purging - cleansing of bad things
catharsis
tragedy
choregos
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

6. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
strophe and antistrophe
dithyramb
Aeschylus
kothornoi

7. Goat song
choregos
tragedy
mimesis
strophe and antistrophe

8. Contest
catharsis
parados
agon
Sophocles

9. Contest
hypokrite
periactoi
agon
dithyramb

10. 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.
orchestra
ode
Dionysia

11. Stage
catharsis
cauducus
proskene
skene

12. First actor
periactoi
hamartia
agon
Thespis

13. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hemateon
mimesis
hypokrite
hubris

14. Building where props were kept
'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
skene
herema
mimesis

15. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
peripeteia
agon
skene

16. Area between the stage where chorus comes
parados
Euripides
Dionysia
choregos

17. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Sophocles
ekeclema
periactoi

18. Cloak
hematon
choryphaeus
Thespis
exodus

19. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
ekeclema
aegis
mimesis
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

20. Who liked using deus ex machina?
Euripides
choryphaeus
Actors were hired by the state.
periactoi

21. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
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
Aerema
Dionysia

22. Last ode
cauducus
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema
exodus

23. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
periactoi
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hemateon
strophe and antistrophe

24. Cloaks
skene
hemateon
Thespis
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

25. Platform
tragedy
mimesis
ekeclema
agon

26. Platform
Euripides
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema
ekeclema

27. Pillars on each side of the stage
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
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
choregos
periactoi

28. Last ode
exodus
ekeclema
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

29. 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
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
peripeteia
Actors were hired by the state.
hamartia

30. Shield of Zeus
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
ekeclema
aegis

31. Area between the stage where chorus comes
anagnorisis
parados
herema
tragedy

32. Staff
mimesis
episodes
tragedy
cauducus

33. Between the odes
episodes
Aerema
choregos
Euripides

34. Who liked using deus ex machina?
choryphaeus
hemateon
Euripides
Actors were hired by the state.

35. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
peripeteia
ode
chiton
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

36. Platform shoes
periactoi
ekeclema
kothornoi
mimesis

37. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
orchestra
Dionysia
periactoi
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

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. Goat song
teatron
agon
tragedy
strophe and antistrophe

40. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
proskene
teatron
Aerema
mimesis

41. First Greek word for actor
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
agon
ekeclema
hypokrite

42. Stage
orchestra
mimesis
proskene
cauducus

43. Songs of Dionysus
orchestra
Dionysia
anagnorisis
dithyramb

44. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
episodes
kothornoi
Actors were hired by the state.
hubris

45. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
hypokrite
periactoi
ekeclema
Aeschylus

46. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
anagnorisis
Aeschylus
skene
periactoi

47. What are the functions of the chorus?

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48. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
hubris
choryphaeus
ode
Aeschylus

49. Cloak
periactoi
hubris
hematon
Actors were hired by the state.

50. Song that the chorus sings
hubris
ode
herema
exodus