Greek Theater Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 theatron (or koilon) | the setting, "seeing place", the entire area |
| orchestra | circular space at the foot of a hill which was a level structure where the ceremony took place |
| parados | two broad isles that extended from the orchestra on each side of the theatron |
| skene | a building where the actors could change costume and often provided the backdrop of the play |
| proskenion | between the skene and the orchestra, from which developed what we now call the stage |
| Ode | a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject |
| Episode | a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series |
| Anagnorisis | when the tragic hero recognizes his or her tragic fall |
| Catharsis | purging of the emotions |
| Deus ex Machina | any active agent who appears unexpectedly to solve and insoluble difficulty |
| Peripeteia | a turn of fate that leaves the hero destitute |
| Stichomythia | quick alternating lines back and forth to make play move along quicker |
| Dramatic Irony | (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play |
| Pathos | emotional appeal |
| Greek Tragedy | Characters of high birth or status, experience a series of events that threaten position, suffer a tragic fall of own actions |
| Tragedy | A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character |
| Tragic hero | a privileged, exalted character of high repute, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw and fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering |
| Hamartia | tragic, fatal flaw |
| Hubris | excessive pride or self-confidence |
| prologue | introduction (to a poem or play) |
| exodus | a departure |
| strophe | one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama |
| antistrophe | the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama |
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