Oedipus Tragedy

Question 0

Catharsis

Answer 0

A state in which a community is clean again

Question 1

Anagnorisis

Answer 1

Wisdom gained through a hero’s suffering

Question 2

Entheos

Answer 2

Communion with god

Question 3

Hamartia

Answer 3

A tragic flaw that causes the hero’s demise

Question 4

Metabasis

Answer 4

The rise and fall pattern of a tragedy play

Question 5

Pathos

Answer 5

A hero’s suffering

Question 6

Perpeteia

Answer 6

The hero’s inescapable reversal/downfall

Question 7

Pharmakos

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Sparagmos

Answer 8

The dismemberment rite of the goats

Question 9

Tragedy

Answer 9

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)

Question 10

Tragoidia

Answer 10

“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)

Question 11

Sin of Hubris

Answer 11

An overweening pride or an overwhelming ego