That one guy
the other place Aristotle lived that wasnt greece was
What is Macedonia?
These goat-ed plays would be performed as a conclusion
What is a Satyr play?
These two words combined in Greek, translates to 'tragedy'
What is goat and song?
Greek comedy is known for satirizing
What are rituals and beliefs?
This person created the concepts of ethos, pathos, logos, and kairos
Who is Aristotle?
Aristotle felt like this was most important about the play
What is a tragic action?
The Greek word ‘Komoida’
What is a Party Song?
10 of these selected the winner of the dithyramb contest
What are citizens?
The first actor
Who is thespis?
Focuses attention on the message.
Often called a “logical appeal,” or an “appeal to reason.”
Points out internal consistency and clarity within its argument.
Frequently uses data to support its claim.
What is Logos?
Diction, Thought, Spectacle, Song, Character, and THIS are all part of Aristotle's Poetics.
What is Plot?
In parabasis the chorus would address the audience in this way
What is directly?
They were the person who financially backed the playwright in the competition.
Among other things they hired the actors and musicians, and bought the props.
What is the choregos?
Greek god of wine, madness, ecstasy, and theater
Who is Dionysus?
Focuses attention on the writer’s or speaker’s trustworthiness.
Takes one of two forms: “appeal to character” or “appeal to credibility.”
What is ethos?
Aristotle's studied with this famous teacher
Who is Plato?
Satyr plays were typically taken from this type of stories
What are myths?
This famous outdoor greek theatre space is where theatre originated
What is the theater of dionysus?
Take place in mythic past
- Rural
- Chaos
- No reconciliation necessarily given
What is a satyr play?
Focuses attention on the values and beliefs of the intended audience.
Appeals to the audience’s capacity for empathy, often by using an imaginable story to exemplify logical appeals.
What is pathos?
Tragedy and Comedy
What were the two original parts of The Poetics?
Many US theater companies performed The Lysistrata in the early 2000s to protest these
What are wars?
A theater competition between three playwrights in front of, and for all of Athens. 14,000 people would attend these competitions as spectators
What were dithyramb contests?
Takes place in present
- Urban
- Order, or putting things back “in order”
- Give “absurd” suggestions to real problems
What is comedy?
Refers to the “timeliness” of an argument.
Often, for an ad or an argument to be successful, it needs appropriate tone and structure and come at the right time.
What is kairos?