You read me like a book! (Plot and character)
“Of all creatures that can feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive.”
Medea
This feature aims to reflect the views and values of society.
The Chorus
“Jason has betrayed my lady and his own children for a princess’ bed; he has married the daughter of Creon, ruler of this land.”
This comes from what section of the play?
What is the Prologue?
Ancient Greece is an example of this kind of society.
What is a patriarchal society?
What is Jason's hamartia?
Jason marries this person to advance his social station.
Who is the Princess? / Who is Glauce?
"This man has shown himself a haven to my plans, just when my ship was rolling in heavy seas. To him I shall fasten my stern cable, once I reach the town and citadel of Pallas.”
Who is this quote in reference to?
DOUBLE POINTS: Identify a literary device this quote employs. This quote employs what literary device?
Who is King Aegeus?
What is a sailing metaphor?
The play debuted at the festival honouring a God. Name the festival and the God.
What is the Festival of Dionysia?
Who is Dionysus?
In the prologue, Medea experiences this.
What is her peripeteia?
Who is Helios?
“A woman who is hot tempered, and likewise a man is easier to guard against than one who is clever and controls her tongue.”
Who said this quote?
Who is King Creon?
King Aegeus travelled from Pythia in order to visit this religious priestess.
DOUBLE POINTS: The name of the God that the priestess honours.
Who is the Oracle of Delphi?
DOUBLE POINTS: Who is Apollo?
The parts of the narrative that are spoken in dialogue, and the parts that are sung as an ode in between.
What is an episode and a stasimon?
The characters who reflect and act according to the traditional gender roles of ancient Greece?
Who are the Nurse and the Tutor?
“For kindred blood polluting the ground weighs heavy upon mortals; the murderers are paid in just measure by the sorrows that heaven wills upon their houses.”
Who says this quote?
Who is the Chorus?
Ancient Greeks regarded the concept of hospitality highly as something prestigious. This is the Greek term for this concept.
DOUBLE POINTS: Who does Medea manipulate because they honour this value?
What is xenia?
DOUBLE POINTS: Who is King Aegeus?
When Medea appears on the chariot sent by Helios, the Sun God, Euripides is employing this device.
DOUBLE POINTS: Provide the translation of this term.
What is deus ex machina?
DOUBLE POINTS: Who is the God of the Machine?
The ship that Jason sailed during his quest.
What is the Argo?