MAJOR DRAMATISTS OF ATHENIAN AGE Flashcards by Annika Faith

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A poet by profession

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AESCHYLUS

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Father of tragedy

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AESCHYLUS

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Tragedies written

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70

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But only _ come down to us

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7

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He excelled in presenting superman,in depicting gods, titans, and heroes

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AESCHYLUS

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Greatest work of Aeschylus

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PROMETHEUS

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Chained and tortured on a rock in the _

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CAUCASUS

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He is called the theological poet

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AESCHYLUS

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Called the soldier playwright

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AESCHYLUS

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Battle of _ and _

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BATTLE OF MARATHON AND SALAMIS

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Three plays in trilogy oresteia

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AGAMEMNON, CHEOPHORI, EUMENIDES

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Rich merchant’s son

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SOPHOCLES

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Sophocles was born in

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Colonnus

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30 years younger than Aeschylus

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SOPHOCLES

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He was chosen as the choral leader

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SOPHOCLES

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He trained 12 years

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SOPHOCLES

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He won 18 first prizes

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SOPHOCLES

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Greatest play of SOPHOCLES

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Oedipus the king and Oedipus at Colonnus and Antigone

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Modern playwright

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EURIPIDES

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Much younger than SOPHOCLES AND AESCHYLUS

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EURIPIDES

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These two belonged to an age of faith

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AESCHYLUS AND SOPHOCLES

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Belonged to an age of growing skepticism

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EURIPIDES

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Stepping stone from ancient to modern drama

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EURIPIDES

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Works of EURIPIDES:

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Medea, Alcestis, Orestes

Lonely, melancholy man

EURIPIDES

After exile, EURIPIDES lives with_

king Macedonia

Master of Greek comedy

ARISTOPHANES

Intention of Aristophanes -

Attack the faults and weaknesses of society

Plays of Aristophanes:

The birds, the frogs, the wasps