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1. Cloaks
Dionysia
hemateon
orchestra
ekeclema

2. Who liked using deus ex machina?
ekeclema
Euripides
episodes
thymele

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

4. Box in orchestra
thymele
episodes
periactoi
parados

5. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
Sophocles
choregos
strophe and antistrophe
hypokrite

6. Purging - cleansing of bad things
hemateon
peripeteia
catharsis
agon

7. Box in orchestra
thymele
dithyramb
Sophocles
hubris

8. Goat song
hamartia
tragedy
thymele
chiton

9. Staff
ode
hamartia
thymele
cauducus

10. Crane from deus ex machina
choregos
cauducus
herema
choryphaeus

11. What are the functions of the chorus?

12. Long cloak
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
ekeclema
thymele

13. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
periactoi
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Dionysia
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

14. Last ode
choregos
Thespis
exodus
Aeschylus

15. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
peripeteia
agon
ekeclema
hypokrite

16. What are the parts of the play?
agon
hamartia
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
teatron

17. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
mimesis
ekeclema
aegis

18. Pillars
Sophocles
periactoi
catharsis
'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

19. Platform shoes
skene
kothornoi
Aerema
Euripides

20. Dancing place for chorus
orchestra
Sophocles
strophe and antistrophe
proskene

21. Stage
cauducus
ode
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
proskene

22. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
aegis
chiton
periactoi
Aeschylus

23. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
strophe and antistrophe
parados
mimesis
exodus

24. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
dithyramb
ekeclema
Dionysia
mimesis

25. Stage
skene
proskene
Actors were hired by the state.
aegis

26. Area between the stage where chorus comes
Aerema
hemateon
parados
cauducus

27. Goat song
hypokrite
tragedy
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
ekeclema

28. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
strophe and antistrophe
Sophocles
Thespis
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. Contest
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
kothornoi
agon
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

30. Platform
Dionysia
ekeclema
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
thymele

31. Building where props were kept
Aerema
hemateon
orchestra
skene

32. Who hired the actors?
strophe and antistrophe
catharsis
peripeteia
Actors were hired by the state.

33. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
proskene
Aerema
Sophocles
periactoi

34. Who hired the actors?
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
choryphaeus
Actors were hired by the state.

35. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

36. Pillars
Euripides
hemateon
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
periactoi

37. Cloak
aegis
periactoi
hemateon
hematon

38. Pillars on each side of the stage
Sophocles
choryphaeus
periactoi
anagnorisis

39. Songs of Dionysus
skene
dithyramb
tragedy
kothornoi

40. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
choregos
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
periactoi
parados

41. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
dithyramb
mimesis
Thespis
periactoi

42. Songs of Dionysus
choryphaeus
Actors were hired by the state.
dithyramb
cauducus

43. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
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
Sophocles
periactoi
choryphaeus

44. Leader of the chorus
ekeclema
hematon
choryphaeus
exodus

45. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
herema
'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
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Dionysia

46. Building where props were kept
parados
teatron
aegis
skene

47. Shield of Zeus
agon
skene
aegis
ekeclema

48. First actor
ode
choregos
Thespis
agon

49. Leader of the chorus
periactoi
'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
choryphaeus
orchestra

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