Oedipus Rex Flashcards
Anagnorisis
Aha moment
Episode
Point in Greek tragedy that falls between two chorus songs
Pathos
Feeling of sympothy in audience
Hubris
Excessive self-confidence
Catharsis
Emotional cleansing
Hamartia
Tragic flaw
Miasma
Difficulty to breathe in unwholesome atmosphere
Sated
Satisfy (a desire or appetite)
Clairvoyant
A person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future
Autocratic
Ruling with absolute power
Deference
Humble submission and respect
Transgress
Go beyond the bounds of/ crossing the line
Piety
The quality of being religious or reverent
Vigil
Keeping awake during the night
Calamity
A disaster
Impasse
Narrow road, only one way in or out
Edict
Official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority
Desolate
Alone and without hope
Regicide
Act of murdering a king
Pestilence
A fatal epidemic disease
All the plays in Ancient Greece were produced in
Athens
Two ways we know about these plays are through
Actual text and ancient sources
How many plays survived
30