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1. Who liked using deus ex machina?
skene
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
Euripides

2. Pillars
periactoi
dithyramb
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
hypokrite

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

4. Contest
mimesis
thymele
hypokrite
agon

5. Crane from deus ex machina
chiton
Thespis
choryphaeus
herema

6. Area between the stage where chorus comes
anagnorisis
parados
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
aegis

7. Last ode
thymele
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
exodus

8. Staff
strophe and antistrophe
herema
cauducus
ekeclema

9. Songs of Dionysus
tragedy
dithyramb
periactoi
periactoi

10. Songs of Dionysus
periactoi
Euripides
dithyramb
exodus

11. First Greek word for actor
dithyramb
hemateon
hypokrite
periactoi

12. First actor
Sophocles
thymele
Thespis
herema

13. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
exodus
Aeschylus
cauducus
Euripides

14. Pillars on each side of the stage
periactoi
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
chiton
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

15. Who hired the actors?
episodes
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
Actors were hired by the state.

16. 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
ekeclema
catharsis
episodes
hamartia

17. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
hematon
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
skene

18. Cloaks
hemateon
Euripides
hamartia
cauducus

19. Between the odes
Dionysia
episodes
strophe and antistrophe
peripeteia

20. Where the audience sat
peripeteia
periactoi
hematon
teatron

21. Area between the stage where chorus comes
exodus
choregos
parados
aegis

22. Goat song
tragedy
ode
mimesis
choregos

23. What are the parts of the play?
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
exodus
choregos
'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

24. Goat song
tragedy
hematon
Aeschylus
episodes

25. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
hemateon
choregos
parados
'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

26. Song that the chorus sings
hubris
herema
ode
cauducus

27. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hematon
hubris
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
tragedy

28. What happened in 501 BC?
orchestra
skene
parados
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

29. First actor
Dionysia
aegis
thymele
Thespis

30. Box in orchestra
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
thymele
hubris
Sophocles

31. Leader of the chorus
cauducus
Sophocles
orchestra
choryphaeus

32. Stage
skene
dithyramb
teatron
proskene

33. Platform shoes
kothornoi
periactoi
ode
dithyramb

34. 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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35. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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36. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Sophocles
cauducus
'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
Aeschylus

37. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hamartia
hamartia
Thespis
hubris

38. Pillars on each side of the stage
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi
hemateon
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

39. Song that the chorus sings
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
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
ode

40. Between the odes
teatron
episodes
hemateon
hamartia

41. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
strophe and antistrophe
Sophocles
Thespis
exodus

42. Dancing place for chorus
Dionysia
mimesis
orchestra
skene

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

44. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
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
exodus
Dionysia
dithyramb

45. 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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46. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
hematon
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
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
peripeteia

47. Purging - cleansing of bad things
exodus
choryphaeus
parados
catharsis

48. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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49. Dancing place for chorus
mimesis
Euripides
hematon
orchestra

50. Stage
Sophocles
tragedy
proskene
agon

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