Fundamentals of Tragedy
The name of the book he wrote about dramatic theory
What is the Poetics
The god that is celebrated during this festival
What is Dionysus?
exposition that presents the background of the conflict
What is the prologue?
Group of singers that chanted hymns called dithyrambs
What is the chorus?
The main character of a tragedy
What is a tragic hero?
The performing area of the Greek theater
What is an orchestra?
The opening song of a play performed by the chorus
What is the parados?
Part of the chorus that expresses a position on the action of the play, singing together from right to left
What is the strophe?
emotional release; Aristotle believed that people felt this at a play and were better citizens because of it
What is catharsis
The group of four plays performed each day of the festival
what is tetralogy?
The songs that divide scenes
What are odes?
Part of the chorus that responds to the message of the strophe while moving in the opposite direction
What is the antistrophe?
The three playwrights that are considered the masters of Greek tragedy
What is Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles?
types of plays performed at Dionysia
What are three tragedies and one satyr play?
Thanksgiving to Dionysus performed by the chorus at the end of a tragedy
What is the paean?
The concluding stanza found in some choral odes
What is the epode?
a character trait that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero
What is a tragic flaw
an elegant term for an actor (comes from the poet Thespis)
What is thespian?
The final scene of a tragedy
What is the exodus?
The chorus leader that often exchanges thoughts with the rest of the chorus as well as with the actors
What is the choragos?