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Oedipus Plot
Oedipus: Between the Lines
Development of Greek Theater
Vocabulary You've Probably Forgotten
R@nd0m
100
Jocasta
What is the name of Oedipus's wife?
100
Greek word for the main flaw Oedipus has, based on excess.
What is hubris.
100
Ancient drunken, dance-chant fertility ritual that celebrated the birth of the wine god.
What is dithyramb
100
Mayor who chose which playwrights would participate in the City Dionysia.
What is the Archon
100
Comprised of order, art, and discipline.
What is Apollonian rationality.
200
A Sphinx sat outside of Thebes and began eating its citizens.
What is the first plague?
200
Sequential performance of three tragedies.
What is trilogy
200
Elaborate wigs, used to give a grander appearance to actors.
What is onkoi
200
Comprised of chaos, passion and emotion.
What is Dionysian ecstasy.
300
God who punished Thebes for withholding Laius's killer.
What is Apollo.
300
Means "swollen-feet" in Greek.
What is Oedipus
300
A grotesque travesty of the three preceding tragedies.
What is a satyr play
300
A large cloak worn in cold weather
What is a himation
300
Wooden changing room located opposite the hillside. At first, it was small and unimposing, but eventually became enlarged and an integral part of the stage.
What is the skene
400
Object used by Oedipus to gouge out his eyes.
What is cloths pins.
400
The interpretation that Oedipus the individual was not at fault, but rather Oedipus the man. Oedipus was doomed from the beginning of his quest, because he pursued answers that are ultimately unattainable and offer no resolution.
What is the existential interpretation.
400
Added a third actor to Greek theater.
What is Sophocles
400
"Before-action": first day of the festival, where introductory ceremonies were held.
What is proagon
400
"Seeing place," located on a hillside overlooking the orchestra.
What is the theatron
500
Person who scolds the Messenger for not keeping his mouth shut about Oedipus's identity.
What is the herdsman.
500
Man who propose the Oedipus Complex.
What is Sigmund Freud
500
First to move out of the dithrambic chorus and assume the role of hypokrites ("answerer"). Also credited with the invention of the mask.
What is Thespis
500
Footwear, mostly platform boots. Used to give actors a grander appearance.
What is kothurnoi
500
Abstractly painted scenery, introduced by Sophocles. Helped create an environment for the play.
What is Pinakes.