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some of the basics

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Oedipus stands for   swollen foot  
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Tiresius   Blind seer  
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Where Oedipus thought he was from   Corinth  
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mother/wife   Jocasta  
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Purification or purging of emotions   Catharsis  
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O's bro-in-law   Creon  
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Excessive pride   Hubris  
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Told Oedipus "good" news of his dad   Messenger  
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O's real father   Laius  
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Delphi   Where Apollo's oracle is  
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Delphic Morality   Know theyself, nothing in excess, punishment is near  
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Reader knows things the characters don't   dramatic irony  
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Man Oedipus thinks is his dad   Polybus  
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Monster with riddle   Sphinx  
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walks on four in monring, two in afternoon, three in evening   man  
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Setting   Thebes, City of Light  
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Condition of city during the play   a plague, barren, and death of crops, livestock, people  
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Who represents the town   Chorus  
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Murdered man   King Laius  
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punishment for killer   banishment  
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hanged   Jocasta  
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blinded   Oedipus  
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saved Oedipus when he was a child   Shepherd  
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What acts are called   episodes  
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seeing place   theatron  
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when plays were acted   Festival of Dionysus  
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what the actors wore   robes (chitons), platform shoes (Cothurni), and masks  
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male   actors  
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O' sacred city, O' sweetly worded voice is an example of ...   apostrophe  
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Light vs darkness/sight vs blindness means   knowledge vs ignorance, an archetype  
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prologue   opening, introduction  
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father of drama   Thespis  
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stasimon   choral ode at end of each episode  
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exodos   final action  
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skene   where costumes were changed and where background is displayed  
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strophe   chorus moves from right to left  
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antistrophe   chorus moves from left to right  
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Outcast   because of "sins" he is banished and has to wander from place to place  
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has noble birth, raised away from home, not sure of his family, returns and saves kingdom, suffers great tragedy, has flaw   Hero  
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Scapegoat   blamed for the sins of others  
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Know thyself, Nothing in Excess, Punishment is near   Delphic Morality  
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search for some "thing" or knowledge that will retore the kingdom   the Quest/Journey  
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stichomythia   rapid back and forth dialogue  
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Connotation   the suggested meaning behind a word, ex. shrimp meaning small  
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an expressing that can't be translated word-for-word in another lanugage   idiom, ex. I'm sitting at the crib chillin'.  
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words, phrases, and events are pleasing to the ear, ex. She screamed loudly, tore at her hair, and hanged herself.   Magic three  
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O's fake mom   Merope  
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Parodos/ode   First thing the chorus sings  
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prologue   opening scene  
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Sophocles   author  
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