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Cards in this set: Term That age has always this ill effect of making us more worldly, as well as wiser Definition Micio Term Demea Definition In Terence's, The Brothers, Aeschinus's biological brother Term Moliere Definition Used Terence's The Brothers for source material Term The Twin Menaechmi Definition First ancient play to be translated into modern language and staged Term Syrus Definition Slave who was freed in The Brothers Term The Brothers Definition Recognized as the most influential of Plautus's plays Term Medea Definition Euripides 431 B.C. Main characters: Medea, Creon, Jason, Aegeus Term Oedipus Rex Definition Sophocles: 430 B.C. Main Characters: Oedipus, Iokaste, Kreon, Teiresias, Antigone and Ismene Term Lysistrata Definition Aristophanes 411 B.C. Main Characters: Lysistrata, Kalonike, Myrrhine, Lampito, Kinesias, Commissioner Term Rising Moon Definition Lady Gregory 1907 Main Characters: Sergeant, A Ragged Man, Policeman A, Policeman B Term Euripides (485-406 B.C.) Definition -Last of the great Greek tragedians -Work criticized by Greek society -Broke away from the normal language -Raised in Salamis -Shifted focus from Gods to humans -Influenced by Sophists (wandering philosophers) -Medea was the first thoroughly developed female character -Of his 92 plays, 18 survive (10 of which place women as main character) -He used huts and peasant living for scenes and dramatic effects -Mekane: Crane lifted actors to fly in -Won last prize for Medea at the City Dionysia festival in 431 B.C. -His first play was "The Daughters of Pelias" (454B.C.) Term Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) Definition -Won more prizes than any other tragedian in Greek Drama competitions -We have 90 plays or poems and 7 complete tragedies (May have produced 120 plays) -Very well regarded in society -Served as priest for several religious cults -Elected general (1 of 12) -Did not act in his plays, but appeared -Changed size of chorus to 15, added painted scenery, and added actors to his tragedies -Some of his plays were derived from The Iliad or The Odyssey -Nicknamed "Attic Bee" -Aristotle turned to him for advice for Poetics Term Aristophanes (448-385 B.C.) Definition -Best known Greek comic playwright -Democratic plays: appealed to the sophisticated and unsophisticated -Conveyed political message through comedy -Used Old Comedy: insulted those in power -Used satire -Of his 30 known plays, only 11 survive -3 periods: Lysistrata written in "Peace" period Term Lady Gregory (1852-1932) Definition -Isabella Augusta Persse -Born in Ireland -Family "ascendancy stock": well educated, wealthy, protestant -Married Sir William Gregory when she was 28 and he was 63 -Son: Robert Gregory -Worked with W. B. Yeats Term Jason Definition Husband of Medea Term Creon Definition King of Corinth Term Aegeus Definition King of Athens Term Iokaste Definition Wife of Oedipus, widow of King Laios, also mother to Oedipus Term Kreon Definition Brother of Iokaste Term Teiresias Definition blind seer Term Antigone and Ismene Definition Oedipus's daughters Term Lysistrata Definition Athenian woman, comes up with plan to save Greece Term Kalonike Definition Athenian woman, goes along with Lysistrata's plan to save Greece Term Myrrhine Definition Athenian woman that agrees to Lysistrata's plan. Teases husband