The Play's the Thing
The part of a play before the chorus enters.
What is the prologue?
At the beginning of Euripides' play, Medea is upset for this reason.
What is Jason has decided to marry the princess of Corinth, although he is already married to Medea?
Medea is dangerous and powerful for this reason.
What is she is a witch?
The fabled, legendary king of Britain.
Who is King Arthur?
The sole survivor of the May Day Massacre, Mordred, is fated to do this.
What is destroy King Arthur?
These are spoken lines that take place between odes.
What is an episode?
Medea is responsible for the death of this family member.
Who is her brother?
This is Medea's homeland.
What is Colchis?
This knight conspired with Sir Agravaine to expose Sir Lancelot and Guinevere's affair.
Who is Sir Mordred?
The sorceress who sent the Green Knight to Arthur's court. She is also one of his half-sisters.
Who is Morgan le Fay?
What is the chorus?
The princess dies in this way.
What is she burns alive through both a poisoned dress that clings to her skin and a diadem that pours out fire?
The prophetic seer King Aegeus consults about his issues conceiving a child.
Who is the Oracle of Delphi?
Sir Gawain changed his mind about supporting Lancelot after the deaths of these two knights.
Who are Sir Gareth and Sir Gaheris?
This individual intervened in the war between King Arthur and Sir Lancelot, wanting to put a stop to the conflict.
Who is the Pope?
A device for moving prone bodies around the stage in ancient Greece.
What is an ekkyklema?
Medea elects not to kill Jason for this reason.
What is so he must live with the consequences of his actions?
The reason Medea cannot return home.
What is she betrayed her father by helping Jason to get the Golden Fleece and killed her brother to cover their escape?
The nephew of Sir Lancelot who warns him not to go to see Guinevere.
Who is Sir Bors?
This object, given to Gawain by the wife of Lord Pellinore, protects him from the Green Knight.
What is a green silk scarf?
The Greek term for ode.
What is stasimon?
This is how Medea justifies killing her children.
What is it hurts Jason, but also is a mercy to the children because it saves them from a worse death at the hands of Medea's enemies?
According to both Medea and mythological canon, this is the way Jason is fated to die.
What is being struck by a falling beam from his beached ship as he sleeps underneath it?
This knight was the first to be able to sit in the cursed chair at the Round Table without immediately dying. Son of Sir Lancelot.
Who is Sir Galahad?
The reason Excalibur's scabbard is more valuable than the blade.
What is it protects the wearer from harm and prevents them from losing blood?