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T: the Frogs
C: god of drinking, wine, women, song, art, frenzied activities. Son of Zues and a human woman.
S: In the Frogs, goes down to hell to bring back Euripides. |
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T: the frogs
C: competition
s: Euripides and Aeschylus compete in a poetic competition for a seat at Pluto's table. |
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T: the frogs
C: the dog that guarded Hades, Hercules captured him and brought him out of Hades.
S: when dionysus goes down to Hades the gatekeeper yells at him bc he believes he is Hercules, and that he stole his dog. |
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T: the frogs
C: playwright that died in 405bc. great playwright.
S: Dionysus wants to rescue Euripides because since he died there has been no more good theater. |
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T: the frogs
C: hell, the underworld.
S: where dionysus goes to get Euripides. |
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T: the frogs
C: the god the underworld, in charge of Hades. |
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T: the frogs
C: Dionysus’ slave that travels with him to hades.
S: He actually represents the courage that Dionysus lusts after and never attains, i.e. the lion skin costume and Dionysus switching. The character is used to show how silly courage as a judgment is. |
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T: the frogs
C: Gatekeeper at Hades, keeper of Cerberus, servant of Pluto.
S: threatens Dionysus bc he thinks he is hercules who stole his dog last time. |
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T: the frogs
C: battle of wits, based on logos and passion. not violent.
S: used when Aeschylus and Euripedes compete. |
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T: lecture
CS: Aristophane's play where Athenian women take control. They go on a sex strike to make the men stop going to war. |
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T: the assemblywomen
C: Praxoagoras husband. participates in the assembly.
S: viewed as stupid. talks about poo. |
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T: the assemblywomen
C: means practical person in the market place.
S: leads athenian women to disguise themselves as men and pass laws in the assembly. |
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T: lecture
C: everyone is equal within a society.
S: the type of society proposed in the assemblywomen. |
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T: Lecture
Jokes with reference to poooop. |
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