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Katie G.'s Greek
Greek Drama
| Terms | Definition |
|---|---|
| Thespis | Tragedy |
| Aeschylus | Tragedy; pictorial costumes, masks, braided wigs |
| Sophocles | Tragedy; triangle scenes(perikatoi), Oedipus Trilogy |
| Euripedes | Tragedy; prologue by god or actor, trap doors, more flawed cast |
| Aristophanes | Comedy; political satire |
| Menander | Comedy; political satire |
| Theatron | "Seeing Place" |
| Altar to Dionysus | Greek god of wine, drama, fertility |
| Chorus | group of singing+dancing people who represented the citizenry |
| Choragus | Leader of chorus |
| Choregus | Financial backers (money) |
| Strophe | Movement of chorus, while chanting, to the left |
| Antistrophe | Movement of chorus, while chanting, to teh right |
| Actors | All men until late 1800s |
| Pictorial Costumes | these costumes showed station in life |
| Style of Acting | Broad and rhetorical |
| Raised Boots | for visibility |
| Masks | made from a paper product |
| Treatment of Violences | Talked about it, but didn't show it happening(only showed the aftermath) |
| Trilogies | 3 plays about 1 family or character (Oedipus Trilogy) |
| Satyr Plays | short comic play in between trilogies (satire= goat man) |
| City Dionysia | drama festival in Athens (3-5 days) |
| Concessions | cake, wine, flatbread, grapes, olives, feta cheese, etc. |
| Athens | center of Greece (capital) housed several theaters |
| Cost to Patrons | free for poor; nominal fee (one day's wages) for others as civic duty |
| Tragedy | "Tragos"= goad, "Ode"=song |
| Comedy | "Komos"=band of revelers (party people) |
| "Poetics" | Aristotle's book that contains the rules(unities) for Drama |
| Time(unity) | all action occurs in real time (24 hours) |
| Action(unity) | all action centers around the main character (no sub plots) |
| Place(unity) | one location |
| Catharsis | cleansing or purging of emotions |
| Hubris | overwhelming pride or arrogance |
| Tragic Hero | has a tragic flaw and experiences a tragic reversal of fortune |
| Oedipus Translation | swollen foot/heel |
| Birth Parents | King Laius and Queen Jocasta |
| Comedy | "Komos"=band of revelers (party people) |
| "Poetics" | Aristotle's book that contains the rules(unities) for Drama |
| Time(unity) | all action occurs in real time (24 hours) |
| Action(unity) | all action centers around the main character (no sub plots) |
| Place(unity) | one location |
| Catharsis | cleansing or purging of emotions |
| Hubris | overwhelming pride or arrogance |
| Tragic Hero | has a tragic flaw and experiences a tragic reversal of fortune |
| Oedipus Translation | swollen foot/heel |
| King Laius | King of Thebes; Oedipus' biological father |
| Queen Jocasta | Queen of Theves; Oedipus' biological mother and wife |
| Queen Jocasta | Queen of Theves; Oedipus' biological mother and wife |
| Apollo's prophesy | Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother |
| Mount Cithaeron | Oedipus was to be left to die on this mountain |
| Polybus | King of Corinth; Oedipus' adoptive father |
| Merope | Queen of Corinth; Oedipus' adoptive mother |
| Sphinx | part bird, part lion, part woman-killing men of Theves, unless they solve her riddle |
| Sphinx's riddle | There is a creature that walks on 4 feet in the morning, 2 feet at noon, 3 feet in the afternoon |
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