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Greek Theatre

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1. Area between the stage where chorus comes
mimesis
parados
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

2. Goat song
tragedy
hemateon
Dionysia
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

3. Platform shoes
tragedy
choregos
Actors were hired by the state.
kothornoi

4. Stage
thymele
hypokrite
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
proskene

5. Building where props were kept
skene
parados
hypokrite
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place

6. 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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7. Platform
peripeteia
ekeclema
episodes
Actors were hired by the state.

8. Stage
skene
agon
tragedy
proskene

9. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
hemateon
agon
hamartia
choregos

10. What happened in 501 BC?
choregos
hamartia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
periactoi

11. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
kothornoi
Sophocles
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
strophe and antistrophe

12. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Aerema
ode
Sophocles
skene

13. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
tragedy
Aerema
episodes
Thespis

14. Long cloak
aegis
chiton
hematon
periactoi

15. Shield of Zeus
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
proskene
aegis
periactoi

16. 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
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
Actors were hired by the state.
episodes

17. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
Sophocles
kothornoi
Aeschylus
'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

18. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
mimesis
choregos
dithyramb
tragedy

19. 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
periactoi
hamartia
strophe and antistrophe

20. Purging - cleansing of bad things
Actors were hired by the state.
choregos
Sophocles
catharsis

21. Cloak
choryphaeus
teatron
hematon
exodus

22. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
ekeclema
peripeteia
choregos
Actors were hired by the state.

23. 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
hubris
hemateon
hamartia
choryphaeus

24. Goat song
teatron
tragedy
strophe and antistrophe
parados

25. Between the odes
choregos
herema
chiton
episodes

26. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
parados
choregos
kothornoi

27. Where the audience sat
aegis
teatron
episodes
aegis

28. What are the three unities in a tragedy?
anagnorisis
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
Aeschylus

29. Long cloak
agon
hamartia
chiton
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue

30. Pillars on each side of the stage
periactoi
Euripides
choryphaeus
cauducus

31. Used to wheel in something like a dead body
episodes
periactoi
Sophocles
ekeclema

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

33. Pillars
ekeclema
periactoi
ekeclema
hypokrite

34. First Greek word for actor
herema
dithyramb
hypokrite
hubris

35. What happened in 501 BC?
parados
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

36. Who hired the actors?
teatron
Actors were hired by the state.
agon
choryphaeus

37. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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38. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
periactoi
Dionysia
choregos
Aeschylus

39. Leader of the chorus
hemateon
cauducus
Thespis
choryphaeus

40. Self revelation - self knowledge
anagnorisis
proskene
Euripides
Dionysia

41. Shield of Zeus
catharsis
ode
aegis
Dionysia

42. Dancing place for 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
hypokrite
orchestra
mimesis

43. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
hamartia
skene
choryphaeus
peripeteia

44. Staff
proskene
herema
cauducus
periactoi

45. Songs of Dionysus
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
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
dithyramb

46. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
catharsis
cauducus
choregos

47. Pillars
hubris
choregos
cauducus
periactoi

48. Building where props were kept
skene
Euripides
Actors were hired by the state.
strophe and antistrophe

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

50. Who liked using deus ex machina?
Euripides
thymele
periactoi
skene