Tragic Action
Parts of Greek Theater
Other Terms
Feeling Lucky
Tragic play structure
100
Exellence
What is Aristeia
100
Dancing place, where the acting occurs
What is Orchestra
100
Left to right
What is Antistrophe
100
Killing of ones father
What is Patricide
100
introductory scene
What is prologos
200
Understanding
What is Anagnorisis
200
Stone seats reserved for the presitgous people
What is Prohedria
200
Where two actors speak between each other, switching of masks
What is Stichomytheia
200
part of the ode moving right to left
What is Strophe
200
: a hymn of praise to the gods
What is Paen
300
Arrogance
What is Hubris
300
Altar of Dionysis that sits in the center of the Orchestra
What is Theymele
300
leader of the chorus that can play a individual role in the play
What is Choragus
300
defined by Aristotle, a play in which suffering brings about self-knowledge; serious treatment of religious and moral questions
What is Tragedy
300
Choral interlude
What is Stasima
400
Release from tension
What is Katharsis
400
First choral ode of the chorus
What is parados
400
One Day, One Setting, One Plot (Aristotle)
What is Three Unities
400
crane mounted on skene; used to bring about the appearance of gods. usually a stuffed dummy suspended in air
What is Duex es Machina
400
Final ode
What is epode
500
Reversal of Fortune
What is Peripetia
500
Where the spectators sit and watch
What is Theatron
500
Killing ones king
What is Regicide
500
Fatal Mistake
What is Harmatia
500
The main action in the play
What is Episode
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