| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Theatron | Place where audience is seated. |
| Orchestra | Dancing place for chorus. |
| Skene | Very back of stage. |
| Parados | Entrance to the orchestra. |
| Proscenium | Front of stage. |
| Thespis | First recognized dramatist. Used only ONE actor. |
| Aeschylus | Second dramatist. Used two actors. |
| Sophocles | Author of Oedipus Rex. Added a third actor. |
| Stichomythia | Technique of alternating quick, short dialogue. |
| Hubris | Excessive pride. |
| Anagorisis | Moment during play where Protagonist realizes the truth. |
| Catharsis | To arouse sensations of pity and fear and to purge emotions. |
| Antecedent action | Action that occurs before the play begins. |
| Dramatic irony | The audience knows something that the character does not. |
| Vicarious action | Relating a story to a character of something that happened during the play when that character was not present. |
| Foil | Someone with opposite characteristics of the protagonist. |
| Incest | Sexual relations between family members. |
| Parracide | Killing of one's father. |
| Tragic Flaw | The protagonist's flaw that causes his downfall. |
| Motifs | Recurring objects or ideas. |
| Oracle | Housed at Delphi, gives advise. |
| Irony of situation | Opposite of what is expected to happen. |
| Verbal Irony | Sarcasm |
| Greek Unities | Plays take place during ONE day, with ONE plot, in ONE place. |
| Prologue | Gives background of characters and play. |
| Parados | Chorus sings/chants |
| Episodes | The different acts in a play. |
| Stasima | The poems/odes recited by the chorus. |
| Creon | Character in Oedipus that is the antagonist. Becomes King of Thebes at the end of the play. |
| Jocasta | The mother and wife of Oedipus. |
| Laius | Oedipus killed this man, who happened to be his father and the King of Thebes. |
| Oedipus | Protagonist of the play, his tragic flaw is his hubris. |
| Sphinx | The mythical beast that was overcome when Oedipus solved its riddle. |
| Corinth | Oedipus was raised in this city, after being left in the mountains by his mother. |
| Merope | The foster mother of Oedipus, queen of Corinth. |
| Polybus | The foster father of Oedipus, king of Corinth. |
| Persona | A mask that the actors used. Showed emotion and who the actor's character was. |
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