Oedipus Tragedy Flashcards
Catharsis
A state in which a community is clean again
Anagnorisis
Wisdom gained through a hero’s suffering
Entheos
Communion with god
Hamartia
A tragic flaw that causes the hero’s demise
Metabasis
The rise and fall pattern of a tragedy play
Pathos
A hero’s suffering
Perpeteia
The hero’s inescapable reversal/downfall
Pharmakos
Scapegoat; someone to blame for bad luck or a bad situation; the Pharmakos was killed to please the gods
Sparagmos
The dismemberment rite of the goats
Tragedy
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)
Tragoidia
“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)
Sin of Hubris
An overweening pride or an overwhelming ego