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Catharsis |
Means Purification Aristotle: - Best tragedy represents a unified action where reversal of fortune arouses pity and fear - tragedy should unfold within a day Horace: - Tragedy had a social function - Through events presented as true and realistic, the audience reaches order and decorum |
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Satyr Play |
Chorus was made of Satyrs (belonged to Dionysus) Satyrs display their love for wine and sex and pleasantries Actors wore masks of Satyrs and wore furry loin cloths with an erect penis |
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Cyclops |
Written by Euripides The only complettely preserved satyr play |
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Komoidia |
Means Comedy Origins are either Dorian or Sicilian or Attica There are three ages of comedy First comedy was performed at Dionysia |
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The Three Ages of Comedy |
Old Comedy - 450-380 BCE Middle Comedy - 380-320 BCE New Comedy - after 320 BCE |
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The Tragic Hero |
Generally has Extraordinary qualities Already has achieved goals in their lives Must deal with domestic problems (incest, adultery, etc) Must undergo sufferings |
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The Tragic Universe |
Anthropocentric (centered on humans not god) Gods interact with humans a lot less |
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The Tragic Mystery (2) |
Peripeteia (Reversal) Moral Freedom |
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Peripeteia |
Means something good can suddenly become bad/tragic "when you dont expect anything to change in life, Peripeteia happens" |
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Moral Freedom |
Characters behave on their own not based on what God's tell them Characters understand the consequences of their actions |
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Euripides's Bachhae |
Written approx. 406 BCE About the Maenads (Bachhants) worshiping Dionysus Setting was in Thebes, the biggest enemy of Athens |
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Cadmus |
First king/founder of Thebes Married to Harmonia Became king by slaying a dragon for Thebes |
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Cadmus killing the dragon at Thebes Gorgon face, birds on the roof, Cadmus slaying the dragon Also believed to be Apollo slaying the python at Delphi |
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What did Cadmus do once he killed the Dragon? |
Athena told him to plant half of the Dragon's teeth in the field Fierce soldiers (Spartoi) began to rise from the field and fight each other. the five surviving soldiers made peace and helped Cadmus build the city Thebes |
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Spartoi |
Soldiers that rose from the ground when Cadmus planted the dragon's teeth Means Sown Men |
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Dionysus vs. Pentheus |
Dionysus and Pentheus are cousins When Dionysus returns to Thebes, Pentheus makes fun of his looks and behavior (long hair and relaxed?) The cult of Dionysus was growing in Thebes including pentheus' mother Agave |
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What did Pentheus do to spy on Dionysus? |
He dresses up as a woman and went to his camp The Bacchae caught Pentheus watching them but Dionysus made Bacchae think he was an animal The Bacchae including his mother Agave, tear Pentheus to pieces. |
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Why did Agave leave Thebes after killing Pentheus (her son) |
She was not polluted because of the murder and would pollute others if she stays |
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Tiresias's tragedy |
- He saw snakes copulating and wounded them. as a result he was turned into a female - Hera and Zeus asked him if men or women enjoyed sex better - Tiresias said women enjoy it far more (Zeus's side) - Hera gets angry and blinds him but Zeus gives him the power of prophecies |
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Cadmus's Tragedy |
Grandfather of Pentheus Accepts Dionysus only because he is a god Dionysus gets upset at this and turns Cadmus into a snake/serpent |
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The House Atreus: Aeshyclus' Oresteia |
The only surviving Trilogy 1. Agamemnon 2. Choephoroe (Libation-Bearers) 3. Eumenides (The Kindly Ones) Satyr Play |
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The Choruses of Oesteia |
Agamemnon - has old argive citizens as the chorus Coephoroe - Captive women bearing libations to agamemnon's tomb Eumenides - Furies domesticated by Athene |
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Tantalus |
Head of the House Atreus Family Punished in the underworld for cooking Pelops and giving it to the gods. Gods recognized and refused to eat except Demeter (mourning for her child). She eats the shoulder The gods put Pelops back together with an ivory shoulder. |
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Pelops |
Father of Thyestes and Atreus Son of Tantalus Waas cooked by his father to trick gods into eating human |
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Atreus vs Thyestes |
- Thyestes commits adultery with wife of Atreus - Atreus, king of Mycenae, banishes Thyestes - Atreus later invites Thyestes back for dinner to make peace but feeds Thyestes his children
- The head, hands and feet of the children shown on a platter to Thyestes |
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How did Thyestes get revenge on Atreus? |
He was told by and oracle that if he has a son with his daughter(Pelopia), the son (Aegisthus) will one day kill Atreus He gets his daughter pregnant and leaves her with a sword for the child Atreus then marries Pelopia not knowing it is his niece and raises the Child |
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How did Aegisthus kill Atreus? |
Atreus' other sons (Agamemnon & Menalaus) went to find Thyestes and bring him back Atreus has Aegisthus go to execute Thyestes but finds out that Thyestes is his father because of the sword. Aegisthus then kills Atreus and Thyestes becomes king on Mycenae |
