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1. Platform
tragedy
ekeclema
Dionysia
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

2. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
ekeclema
skene
hubris
herema

3. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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4. Who hired the actors?
anagnorisis
tragedy
periactoi
Actors were hired by the state.

5. Self revelation - self knowledge
episodes
teatron
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
anagnorisis

6. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Aerema
Euripides
choryphaeus
strophe and antistrophe

7. Goat song
parados
tragedy
catharsis
hamartia

8. Cloak
Actors were hired by the state.
agon
tragedy
hematon

9. Songs of Dionysus
dithyramb
kothornoi
'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
anagnorisis

10. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
exodus
Aeschylus
orchestra
mimesis

11. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
Thespis
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
hamartia

12. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
anagnorisis
Dionysia
Aeschylus
Sophocles

13. Long cloak
ekeclema
Dionysia
chiton
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

14. What are the parts of the play?
cauducus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Sophocles
hematon

15. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
mimesis
Euripides
ekeclema

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

17. Cloaks
hemateon
hamartia
Sophocles
dithyramb

18. Crane from deus ex machina
skene
thymele
orchestra
herema

19. Stage
Dionysia
hubris
Actors were hired by the state.
proskene

20. Platform
ekeclema
proskene
parados
Aerema

21. 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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22. Cloaks
hemateon
Aeschylus
hematon
thymele

23. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
hypokrite
thymele
Sophocles
Euripides

24. Contest
thymele
agon
Aeschylus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

25. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
cauducus
hamartia
parados

26. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
strophe and antistrophe
teatron
Dionysia
herema

27. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
choryphaeus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
tragedy
peripeteia

28. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Thespis
aegis
Aeschylus
teatron

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

30. Purging - cleansing of bad things
aegis
catharsis
choregos
cauducus

31. First Greek word for actor
'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
'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
hypokrite
thymele

32. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
periactoi
peripeteia
tragedy
Actors were hired by the state.

33. Contest
peripeteia
parados
agon
catharsis

34. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
herema
hematon
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
Aerema

35. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
agon
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
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

36. Last ode
aegis
exodus
hematon
ekeclema

37. Last ode
exodus
agon
proskene
cauducus

38. Pillars
ode
choryphaeus
agon
periactoi

39. Pillars on each side of the stage
kothornoi
hematon
periactoi
cauducus

40. First Greek word for actor
Aeschylus
anagnorisis
hypokrite
periactoi

41. Where the audience sat
anagnorisis
teatron
parados
Aerema

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

43. Dancing place for chorus
anagnorisis
exodus
periactoi
orchestra

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

45. Shield of Zeus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
catharsis
aegis
Sophocles

46. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
choregos
ode
episodes
catharsis

47. Shield of Zeus
Euripides
aegis
mimesis
kothornoi

48. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Aerema
ekeclema
mimesis

49. Long cloak
teatron
Actors were hired by the state.
orchestra
chiton

50. What are the parts of the play?
herema
Sophocles
ode
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

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