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| 3 parts of the stage | Skene, Orchestra, Theatron |
| Skene | where the actors perform |
| Orchestra | where the chorus sang |
| Theatron | seating for the audience |
| the word "tragedy" means | "goat song" |
| Aristotle's definition of a tragedy | a character of high status who meets his/her downfall (tragic flaw) due to his/her character (tragic flaw), on of the most common being hubris |
| hubris | excessive pride or arrogance |
| a good tragedy evokes... | pity (for the tragic hero) and fear (it could happen to me) in the audience |
| why myths were written | 1. explain the unexplainable, 2. justify religious practices, 3. gave credibility to leaders, 4. gave hope |
| Zeus | king of gods |
| Poseidon | zeus's brother, king of sea |
| Hades | king of underworld |
| Ares | god of war |
| Hephaestus | god of fire |
| Hestia | goddess of heart |
| Apollo | god of sun |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods |
| Dionysus | god of wine |
| Hera | queen of gods |
| Demeter | goddess of harvest |
| Athena | goddess of wisdom |
| Aphrodite | goddess of love and beauty |
| Artemis | goddess of hunting |
| role of the chorus? | narrates the play and describes what's going on, the voice of the audience |
| Aeschylus | wrote first real tragedy |
| Sophocles | added more actors; tragedies developed more complex plots and themes |
| Euripedes | wrote tragedies that appealed even more to human emotions |
| difference between messenger and shepherd in Oedipus | shepherd from Thebes, messenger from Corinth |
| shepherd | Jocasta gave the shepherd (from Thebes) baby Oedipus to leave at Cithaeron |
| messenger | took baby Oedipus from Cithaeron to Polybus and Merope in Corinth; comes from Corinth to tell Oedipus that Polybus is dead |
| oracles | places where humans could pose questions and gods would answer through a chosen intermediary |
| sphinx | monster sent by the goddess Hera against the city of Thebes; part lion, part eagle, part woman; asked a riddle and devoured anyone who could not answer it |
| Thebes | setting of the play; where Oedipus was born and now is king |
| Corinth | where Oedipus grew up with King Polybus and Queen Merope |
| Cithaeron | the mountain where Oedipus was supposed to have been left as an infant |
| the name Oedipus means.. | swollen feet |
| Creon | Oedipus' brother-in-law (Jocasta's brother) |
| Tiresias | blind prophet |
| Jocasta | wife of Oedipus; widow of Laius |
| Laius | former king of Thebes; father of Oedipus; killed by Oedipus on the road |
