Life
an event every four years where athletes compete in various sports
What is The Olympics?
Where the first tragedy was performed
What is the Festival of Dionysus?
These typically had happy endings
What are comedies?
Agora
What is a marketplace?
Two animals challenge each other to a race—the first, sure of his victory, takes a nap, while the other steadily passes him and wins the race
What is The Tortoise and The Hare?
The choice whether or not to keep his child was the _______ of any father.
What is the first decision of any father?
What the main section of the play is called
What is an episode?
dealt with themes of loss, love, pride, abuse of power
What are tragedies?
"A lover of wisdom"
What is a sophist?
A young boy plays a trick on his neighbors about a wild animal—and when he truly needs them, they are nowhere to be seen
What is The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
Who the Parthenon was built for
Who is Athena?
great pride, often a fatal flaw for many Greek characters
What is hubris?
god who was born from his father's thigh, annual festival for him where plays are performed
Name for male servant whom accompanied students to classes and beat them if behavior was less than unsatisfactory
What is a pedagogue?
"I thought those grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour."
What is The Fox and The Grapes?
To produce a male heir for her husband
What is the goal of every wife?
What is the Chorus?
Plays performed between acts of tragedies, which poked fun at the play's characters
What are satyr plays?
What is a democracy?
A wolf preying on sheep disguises himself as one in order to get his fill, but he is instead met with his own demise
What is The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing?
The only ancient Greek society to not produce any art.
What is Sparta?
Greek tragedies were not divided into acts, but _____.
Skene, proscenium, orchestra, parados, theatron
What are parts of the Greek theater?
"one who provides his own armor," i.e., the average Greek soldier
A couple kills their precious goose in hopes that they'll get richer. Spoiler: They don't.