Antiquity Vocabulary Flashcards
What is choregos?
a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or choregiai, of financing the preparation for the chorus and other aspects of dramatic production
What is hamartia?
fatal flaw
What is catharsis?
release of emotion or negative feeling
What is peripeteia?
reversal of fortune
What is anagnorisis?
recognition
What is Phallika?
Penis parade, honored Dionysus
Who is Plautus?
Roman playwright of comedies
Who is Terence?
playwright of the Roman Republic, of North African descent; wrote 6 comedies
Who is Seneca?
Roman philosopher and playwright
What is Ludi?
public games held for the benefit and entertainment of the Roman people
What is Naumachia?
the staging of naval battles as mass entertainment and the basin in which this took place.
Who is Empress Theodora?
empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. She was one of the most influential and powerful of the Byzantine empresses.
What is Natyasastra?
ancient Indian treatise on the performing arts, only text which gives such detail about the music and instruments of the period
What is Bharata?
legendary emperor and the founder of the Bhārata dynasty, The story of his parents, and his birth, is also related in Kalidasa’s famous play, Abhijñānashākuntala
