Oedipus Tragedy Flashcards

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Catharsis

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A state in which a community is clean again

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Anagnorisis

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Wisdom gained through a hero’s suffering

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Entheos

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Communion with god

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Hamartia

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A tragic flaw that causes the hero’s demise

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Metabasis

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The rise and fall pattern of a tragedy play

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Pathos

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A hero’s suffering

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Perpeteia

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The hero’s inescapable reversal/downfall

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Pharmakos

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Scapegoat; someone to blame for bad luck or a bad situation; the Pharmakos was killed to please the gods

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Sparagmos

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The dismemberment rite of the goats

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Tragedy

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The imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself: in language with pleasurable accessories; in a dramatic, not in a narrative form; with incidents arousing fear and pity (wherewith to accomplish its catharsis of such emotions) revealing a just relation between good and evil in the life of the protagonist. (Aristotle)

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Tragoidia

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“Song of Goats”; the ritual sacrifice of goats to the gods (primarily Dionysis), occurring twice a year (once at harvest to thank the gods and again in winter to pray for Spring’s return)

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Sin of Hubris

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An overweening pride or an overwhelming ego

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