Definitions for Agamemnon reading
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| Aeschylus | the first playwright; added a second actor (the antagonist)
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| antagonist | established conflict with the protagonist
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| archon | chose the entries for the drama competitions
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| Athens | most prominent city-state
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| buskins | leather boots laced up to the knees
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| Catharsis | emotional release or purification
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| Choregos | wealthy patrons who finance the productions
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| city-states | separate nations centered in major cities and regions
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| Cult of Dionyses | a cult in Thrace in Northern Greece that worshipped Dionysus, the god of fertility and procreation
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| dithyramb | choric hymn accompanied by mimic gestures and, probably, music
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| ecstasies | altered state, from which the word “ecstasy” is derived
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| exodus | the climax and conclusion
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| hubris | false or overweening arrogance
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| Komos | an exchange of laments by the chorus and protagonist
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| logeion | stage in front of the skene
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| Maenads | hysterical rampages by women during ritual celebrations of the Cult of Dionysus
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| masks | exaggerated facial expressions
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| orchestra | Greek word for a platform between the raised stage and the audience on which the chorus was situate
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| parados | an ode sung by the chorus as it made its entrance
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| parodoi | paths by which actors and chorus entered; to the left and right of the skene
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| Pisistratus | changed the Dionysian Festivals and instituted drama competitions
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| prologue | described the situation and set the scene
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| protagonist | the noble man or woman
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| satyrs | mythological half-human, half-goat servants of Dionysus
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| skene | tent or hut; changing room for actors; setting of palace or hours in front of which most plays were set; source of word “scene”
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| Theater of Dionysus | site of first theater; located in Athens
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| Theatron | source of word “theater” and “amphitheater”; wooden spectator stands erected on hillsides
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| Thespis | won the first drama competition; source of word “thespian”
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| Thrace | area where Cult of Dionysus practiced their ceremonies
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| tragedy | derived from the Greek words “tragos” (goat) and “ode” (song); told a story that was intended to teach religious lessons; designed to show the right and wrong paths in life
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