The Poetics
Artistotle's Plot Diagram
Theory and Prehistory
Plato and Socrates
The Festival Dionysia
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According to Aristotle, what was the MOST important element of a Tragedy?
Plot
100
Which letter corresponds to the rising action?
C
100
What's historiography?
The study of how history is recorded and transmitted.
100
What was Plato's name for an ideal state?
The Republic
100
Which Tragedian won the Festival competition the most times?
Sophocles (Won 24/30, never came in third).
200
According to Aristotle, what was the LEAST important element of a Tragedy?
Spectacle
200
Which letter corresponds to the inciting incident?
B
200
Who wrote The Archive and the Repertoire?
Diana Taylor
200
TRUE or FALSE: Plato thought theater served an important social function in his ideal state.
False
200
What came after the three tragedies during a day at the festival?
A satyr play
300
According to Artistotle, which play was the best example of a Greek Tragedy?
Oedipus Rex
300
Which letter corresponds to the Climax?
D
300
Shakespeare's play As You Like It is primarily transmitted through the ARCHIVE or the REPERTOIRE?
ARCHIVE
300
What was unique about the way Socrates wrote works of Philosophy?
He formatted them as dialogue between a teacher and student.
300
What are these images examples of?
Ekkyklema
400
TRUE or FALSE: Aristotle Probably wrote a companion piece to The Poetics that dealt with comedy.
TRUE.
400
Which letter corresponds to the exposition?
A
400
The Toy Soldier Dance from Gala is primarily transmitted through the ARCHIVE or the REPERTOIRE?
REPERTOIRE
400
What was the name for Plato's new school?
The Academy
400
What's the Ancient Greek name for this crane?
mechane
500
When explaining the concept of Hammartia, Aristotle uses a metaphor from what sport?
Archery
500
Which letter corresponds to the denoument?
F
500
The Abydos Rituals told the mythic story of which Egyptian god?
Osiris
500
Plato's Allegory of the Cave was intended to warn against the dangers of what?
Artistic Representation
500
Who wrote the most plays for the festival that surive today?
Euripides