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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
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Oikos
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Household
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Kyrios
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Head of the oikos
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Polis
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State
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Hamartia
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Fatal error/flaw that leads to a reversal from their good fortune to bad
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Peripeteia
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Reversal in fortune; a turning point
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Ekklesia
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The assembly of voters in Athenian democracy; all adult male citizens with both parents legitimate citizens vote on issues affecting polls and state
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Didaskalos
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To teach/instruct; play writes are didaskaloi; they wrote plays with the intention of instructing the ekklesia (the dangers of hubris and the superiority of Athens)
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Theoric fund
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Citizens who couldn't afford a theatre ticket could draw money from it
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Hubris
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Excessive pride and greed that de-fames the honour of another
Any transgressive or excessive act |
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Anagnorisis
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Realisation that it is too late to mend errors
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Orchestra
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Dancing place
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Skene
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Backdrop
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Parados
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Entrance passageways
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Theatron |
Viewing place |
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Ekkyclema
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Wheeled cart
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Deus ex Machina
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Crane
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Prologue
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Monologue/dialogue that precedes the entry of the chorus and usually presents the tragedy's topic and its key themes
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Parados
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Entry chant of the chorus
After arrival they usually remain in the orchestra throughout the remainder of the play |
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Episode
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Scenes where one or two actors interact with each other and the chorus
There are several of them In part sung or chanted Followed by a stasimon each time |
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Stasimon
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Lyric poem or ode sung or chanted by the chorus in which they comment on or react to the preceding episode
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Exodos
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Final, concluding scene of the play, including the exit song of the chorus after the last episode
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Kommos
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Lament sung in parts alternating between chief actor and chorus
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Coryphaeus |
Leader of the chorus |
