Ancient Greek Playwrites Flashcards
Chorus
Group that comments on the action in a Greek play
Satyr play
Brief comic play that features men dressed as goats. Typically parried mythical and heroic tales
Deus ex machina
Character that comes down (god-like) and resolve the issues so everyone could have a happy ending
Agon
Scene when both sides discussed issues of the play
Before —– there were never more than 2 actors on stage at a time
Sophocles
All Greek plays tend to take place in a short time
24 hours or less
First of three great Greek tragedian a
Aeschylus
Born in Eleusis in 545 BC
Aeschylus
Aeschylus famous play-
Oresteia-trilogy about house of Atreus, family of Agamemnon
The furies
Aeschylus
Born in Athens in 496 BC
Sophocles
Trilogy of Oedipus
Sophocles
Ajax and Philoctetes
Sophocles
Antigone
Sophocles
Born in Athens 484 BC
Euripides