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Chapter 4 Greek Flashcards

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What are satyrs?

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Half man half goat creatures; followers of Dionysus; generally bad

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Who is Dionysus?

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God of theater, drunkness, wine, beauty, pleasure etc

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What are maenads?

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Followers of Dionysus; group of women that ran through the forest drunk and ate animals

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What are tragedies?

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Plays about “man v god”; horrible events that happened if you didn’t follows the gods orders

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Theatron:

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“Viewing place”: seats in the amphitheater

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Satyr play

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Plays about sex that were the last in the festival

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City Dionysus

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Festival celebrating tragedies with a winner; in March

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Orchestra

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Rounded area level with ground; played music; the chorus

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Who are the 3 great classical tragedians?

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Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

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Greek chorus

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Group of men “to warn”

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Who is Aristotle?

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Student of Plato, Greek philosopher

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What is skene?

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Building scenery

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Describe the mask worn

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Made of cloth that would portray the character

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Which of the ancient tragedies did Aristotle choose for his analysis of tragedy?

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Oedipus tyrannus

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Who is the tragedian for Aristotle’s quintessential tragedy?

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Sophocles

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Who wrote “old comedy”

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Aristophanes

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Hubris

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Thinking you can out smart a god

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Perpetual / reversal of fortune

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Going through a great change; grow in wisdom

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Hamartia

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Bad decisions that take you away from the center, like a fall from grace

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Dithyramb

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Ancient Greek Hyms

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Ekkykkema

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Rolling platform

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Mechane

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Crane with ropes and pullys

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Parados

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Large aisle

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What response does a tragedy elicit from audience

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Fear and pity

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Dramatic structure for Greek tragedies

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Climatic

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