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Greek Culture & Conventions
Medea
Physical Space
Aristotle
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This Greek deity was the god of wine and fertility.
Who is Dionysus?
100
He wrote Medea and about 90 other tragedies.
Who is Euripides?
100
This ancient Greek city was the home to the Theatre of Dionysus.
What is Athens?
100
This treatise outlined Aristotle's criteria for a well-made tragedy.
What is Poetics?
100
This greek tragedian wrote "The Theban Plays."
Who is Sophocles?
200
These short plays were performed between the acts of tragedies and featured actors in half-goat, half-man costumes.
What are Satyr plays?
200
Glauce's father and king of Corinth.
Who is Creon?
200
A building behind the orchestra, probably used for a dressing room.
What is the Skene?
200
According to Aristotle, this element of tragedy is the most important.
What is plot?
200
According to Aristotle, this cleansing of the heart through pity and terror is one function of tragedy.
What is catharsis?
300
Considered the first actor in ancient Greek tradition.
Who is Thespis?
300
Medea's homeland.
What is Colchis?
300
The side entryway that actors used to enter the stage.
What is the Parodos?
300
Deus ex machina is an example of this, which is another way of saying "stage effects."
What is spectacle?
300
Considered the "Father of Comedy," this playwright wrote The Birds and The Clouds, in addition to about 30 other works.
Who is Aristophanes?
400
Greek term meaning "that which is predetermined or predestined in one's life."
What is Fate?
400
This Greek god was Medea's grandfather and brother to the goddesses Selene, the moon, and Eos, the dawn.
Who is Helios?
400
This part of the theatre was the primary acting area.
What is the orchestra?
400
Aristotle's three unities.
What is time, place and character?
400
Greek performance is an example of this type of theatre, where the main goal is to gain prosperity from the gods.
What is ritual theatre?
500
A crime in classical Greece, this term refers to the act of doing something to intentionally shame a victim or enemy.
What is hubris?
500
City-state where the play Medea takes place.
What is Corinth?
500
This triangular structure rotated the background for three different scenes.
What is Periaktoi?
500
At age 18, Aristotle moved to Athens to study with this revered Greek philosopher.
Who is Plato?
500
A hymn that was sung and danced for Dionysus.
What is a Dithyramb?