Vocab Flashcards
1
Q
most important part according to Aristotle
A
PLOT
2
Q
Agent of plot
A
character
3
Q
Diction / spectacle \ arête ?
A
speech/ presentation/ moral excellence
4
Q
anagnorsis / harmatia
A
critical discovery / tragic downfall
5
Q
first comedy?
A
The odyssey
6
Q
first tragedy
A
the Iliad
7
Q
catharsis
A
let it go/ purification
8
Q
What was the illiad about?
A
it’s about the war between Greek and Troy. Homer wrote about Achilles he kills a lot of people
9
Q
What was the odyssey about?
A
Homers epic about odesseus trying to get home to Helen in ithaka and he pretty much had to go through hell to get to his wife after the Trojan war
