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Greek Theatre

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1. 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
thymele
ekeclema
parados
hamartia

2. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
Aeschylus
ekeclema
periactoi
choregos

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

4. What are the functions of the chorus?

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5. Cloak
strophe and antistrophe
periactoi
skene
hematon

6. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
herema
hypokrite
choryphaeus
peripeteia

7. Box in orchestra
strophe and antistrophe
parados
thymele
hemateon

8. What are the functions of the chorus?

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9. Between the odes
episodes
thymele
hamartia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.

10. Dancing place for chorus
tragedy
ekeclema
orchestra
ekeclema

11. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
hemateon
Dionysia
Aerema
peripeteia

12. Last ode
agon
mimesis
agon
exodus

13. Long cloak
catharsis
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
chiton
strophe and antistrophe

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

15. Contest
agon
Thespis
chiton
ode

16. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
aegis
Thespis
hubris
strophe and antistrophe

17. Songs of Dionysus
peripeteia
ode
hypokrite
dithyramb

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

19. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
proskene
Aeschylus
Dionysia
herema

20. Purging - cleansing of bad things
catharsis
ekeclema
cauducus
parados

21. 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
teatron
hamartia
periactoi
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

22. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?

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23. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
choregos
anagnorisis
Sophocles
aegis

24. Pillars on each side of the stage
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
periactoi
cauducus
skene

25. 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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26. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
catharsis
Dionysia
choryphaeus
periactoi

27. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
orchestra
hamartia
hematon
Sophocles

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

29. Building where props were kept
ekeclema
strophe and antistrophe
skene
dithyramb

30. Area between the stage where chorus comes
strophe and antistrophe
parados
herema
Sophocles

31. Between the odes
periactoi
hamartia
episodes
ekeclema

32. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Aerema
ode
choryphaeus
periactoi

33. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
proskene
choregos
Dionysia
strophe and antistrophe

34. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema
teatron
skene

35. Goat song
exodus
tragedy
catharsis
periactoi

36. Purging - cleansing of bad things
dithyramb
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
catharsis

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

38. First Greek word for actor
hematon
hypokrite
catharsis
anagnorisis

39. Song that the chorus sings
dithyramb
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
teatron

40. Cloaks
dithyramb
tragedy
Aeschylus
hemateon

41. Box in orchestra
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
thymele
choryphaeus
cauducus

42. First actor
mimesis
episodes
Thespis
ode

43. Cloak
choregos
peripeteia
Euripides
hematon

44. Platform shoes
kothornoi
hypokrite
strophe and antistrophe
Sophocles

45. First actor
periactoi
cauducus
ekeclema
Thespis

46. Song that the chorus sings
ode
Actors were hired by the state.
anagnorisis
episodes

47. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
Aeschylus
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
ekeclema
teatron

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

49. Long cloak
Sophocles
strophe and antistrophe
chiton
skene

50. Crane from deus ex machina
herema
Actors were hired by the state.
Aerema
hypokrite