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| "the high city"; most famous part of Athens; theater on its south slope |
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| in general, "competition"; specifically, the debate in a drama |
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| the equivalent of the town square; a marketplace; first performances of drama here |
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| movement from ignorance to knowledge |
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| ankle-length or knee-length garment worn by Greek actors |
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| wealthy citizens who were "asked"to fund performances |
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| chorus leader; steps forward to speak with protagonists |
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| choral hymns to Dionysus; tragedy grew partly from this type of poetry |
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| "entrances" to performance space; the opposite of an eisodos is an exodos |
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| a cart inside the skênê which could be suddenly rolled out to display the result of an event inside, e.g. the murder of Agamemnon |
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| wedge-shaped seating section in theatron |
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| a crane used to lift actors above the acting area; usually actors are playing gods here, hence the phrase deus ex machina |
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| the family unit, including its physical property; its needs are often in tension with the polis |
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| the dancing area; chorus occupies this space |
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| the first ode the chorus sings as it enters the orchestra |
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| rotating scenic columns that indicate the setting of a scene |
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| the ancient Greek word for "city-state"; the primary political organization |
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| a ceremony before the tragic festival; the playwright and actors would stand in costume before an assembly in the Odeion and announce the subjects of his plays |
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| pronounced "skaynay"; building or tent at back of acting area; often painted for scenery |
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| the semi-legendary founder of tragedy during the sixth century B.C.E. |
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| any choral ode sung subsequent to the parodos |
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| group of texts that are studied and from which the rest of works pull material |
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| Aristotles def. of an ideal tradegy |
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| The imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude, which unfolds according to the laws of probability or nessesity |
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| focus on the signs within a piece and what they meant to the audience |
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| where is the power, who are the working class, how are they treated? |
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| to temper, put through a crucible |
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| the anchient greek equivalent of a geisha, an intelligent women to talk to, spend time with |
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| Aristotles version of ToKalon |
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| everything is moving towards it teleological end, upwards to the "truth" |
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| Standerdized the dithyramb |
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| Plot, Language, Diction, Character, Music, Spectakel |
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| Golden mean, moderation, symetry, ballance, proportion, harmony |
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| Founder of the Great Dionysia |
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| (proagon), prologos, parados, episodos, stacimon, episodos, stacimon, episodos, stacimon, agon, exodos |
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| action! of exessive pride |
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| emotional cleansing of the audience based on pity and fear |
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| Platform shoes, part of the costume of royalty, authority |
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