Historical and Dramatic Literature of the Fifth Century + The Oikos and the Polis Flashcards
logographer favor what type of interpretation of history over another
humanistic interpretation of history as opposed to theological
Greeks logographers were interested in what debate
the debate between nature and custom
_______ Means inquiry (questionings)
histories
who was called the father of history (initially) or the father of lies
Herodotus of Halicarnassus
between Herodotus and Thucydides, who did which one of these options whilst explain the persian wars
a) a forensic historian - carefully went through all his evidence to ensure it was correct
b) recorded everything he heard so he had very long work
a) Thucydides
b) Herodotus
_____ most likely came from a group of young people singing at a festival for Dionysus/ from chroal lyrics
tragedy
protagonists and anotagonists are always backed by a ______
choir
what was the city dionysia festival
a 5 day festival held at Athens every march
had competitions for tragedy
in the city Dionysia festival what heppened on each day
hint - day 1, days 2-5, day 6
Day 1 - worship
Next 4 days - competition for tragedy
Last day - competition in comedy
who did the city dionysia festival honor
Instead of it being for Athena is was for Dionsysus
Each playwright will get a day for themselves and each usually had a recurring _______
(The “city Dionysia” Festival)
theme
in greek theatre, what is the theatron
where the spectators watch the plays
in greek theatre, what is the proscenium
where actors came out of with masks on and delivered their lines
in greek theatre, what is the skene
backdrop
large elevated wall behind the proscenium
painted the same for all three plays
in greek tragedy, what is peripeteia
Peripeteia - a complete reversal of fortune; because the of the characters own blindness and actions, a destruction befalls him
In greek tradegy, play were half and half in what sense
half sung half spoken
in greek tragedy what is the meaning of catharsis
purification/cleansing; not everything is under control in society so ppl relieve themselves of their fear by purging their emotions during these plays
only ____ could participate in tragedy
males
the orchestra was where the ________ were
dancers
there was an ______ in the middle of the orchestra, for religious purposes
altar
plays were expected to be socially ______, about what was going on in athens
socially relevant
the dialogue of plays was as convoluted as possible, often the lines had ______-_______
double-meanings
Aeschelus, Sophocles and Europides are examples of three great ________
playwrights
what is a satyr in classical theatre
after the 3 tragedies the playwright wrote, he should do a fourth one as a parody of them all at the end
