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36 Cards in this Set
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Tragedy |
Begins in 6th century b.c 32 survive from the 5th century |
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Deus ex mechane |
Crane to hoist gods or flying things |
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Fate |
Pre-determined The three fates Length of life Allotment of good Allotment of evil Oracle will advise |
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Polis |
City and surrounding country side Democracy |
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Lamentation |
Washing Ashes Cutting hair Scratching face Tearing clothes |
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Prothesis |
Laying out of the corpse Clean and dress the body Women would do the dirty work |
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Misamic |
Pollution Leaves you unprotected Draws demons Back luck |
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Delphi |
Dedicated to Apollo Real place Omphalos Stadium |
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Liminal times/ places |
“In betweens” Crossroads |
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Chorus |
Represents towns people or others Provides break between scenes Gives pertinent information Summation of recent events |
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Messenger speech |
Person usually not involved in action of play Sometimes do the chorus’ job |
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Content of tragic plays |
To bring catharsis, to arouse pity/ fear and resolve it |
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Daemons |
Supernatural powers Lesser deities Witches and magicians could control deities |
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Curse tablet |
Clay or lead Magician writes spell Good or bad Buried near target |
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Apotropaic devices |
Devices to turn away daemons and bad luck |
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Eleusinian mysteries |
Most successful mystery cults Rape of Persephone |
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Mithraism |
Persian god Son of a greater god 1st to 4th century Roman mystery cult |
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Mystery cult |
Mystery= to anyone not initiated Cults= mainstream religion at this time |
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Trilogy |
A series of three tragedies performed one after the other |
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Satyr play |
Featured chorus’ of satyrs to mock drunkenness |
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City Dionysia |
An Ancient Greek festival in which tragedy,comedy, and satyric drama in honor of Dionysus |
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Argonaut |
Small floating octopus, the female of which has webbed sail-like arms and secretes a thin coiled papery shell in which eggs are laid |
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Thebes |
A city in upper Egypt |
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Iolcus |
An ancient city |
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Colchis |
An ancient country on the Black Sea, where Medea and the Golden Fleece in Greek mythology |
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Corinth |
Where Medea was exiled to |
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Persian wars |
Conflict between Greece and Persia in the 5th century. |
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Sparta |
A warrior society in Ancient Greece that reached the height of its power after defeating rival city state Athens in the Peloponnesian war |
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Peloponnesian War |
War fought by the Delian league lead by the Athens against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta |
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Classical Period |
Most of 5th and 4th century, from the fall of the Athenian tyranny in 510 Bc to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 Bc |
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Sphinx |
A winged monster having a women’s head and lions body |
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Battle of Marathon |
This was fought because the Persian Army wanted to defeat the Greek city states that supported the uprisings of Ionia |
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Battle of Thermoplyae |
Battle in central Greece at the mountain pass of Thermopylae during the Persian wars |
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Cadmus |
A Phoenician prince who killed a dragon and sowed its teeth |
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Semele |
The mother of Dionysus |
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Agave |
Daughter of Cadmus |
