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Abydos Passion Play
- mock battle between Osiris and the Bad Guys
- Osiris killed
- put back together by Horus
- resurrection ceremony
- performed annually for ~2000 years
- described by Ikernofret
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anagnorisis
recognition moment
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archon basileius
- "divine right"
- the head priest
- had seat of honor at Dionysian Fest
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catharsis
- purging of fear and pity
- (don't know whose)
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coryphaios
- chorus leader
- similar to modern dance captain
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didaskolos
- "intended to teach"
- often the playwright
- seems to be similar to director or choreographer
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Dionysus
- demi-god
- son of Zeus and Similie
- born out of a testicle sewn into Zeus's thigh
- god of wine and fertility
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dithyramb
- a choral ode in honor of Dionysis
- Aristotle believed that tragedy derived from this
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ekkuklema
platform on wheels that is used in a reveal scene
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eponymous archon
- city manager in Athens
- a different person every year
- each year would be named after its man
- in charge of Dionysian Fest
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exodus
song the chorus sings as they exit
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hypokrites
- "one who speaks under"
- actor
- responds to chorus
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mechane
- "god of the machine"
- big crane that swings out over the stage for god characters
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New Comedy
- Hellinistic period
- Menander and Dyskolos are playwrights
- emphasis on plot over theme
- prologue is more expository
- stock characters
- domestic situations
- chorus divides the scenes
- no satirical element
- situation comedy
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Old Comedy
- social and political commentary
- involves well known characters (including real life politicians sometimes)
- situations are fantastical
- bawdy
- comes to Dionysian Fest around 420s BC
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orchestra
- "dancing space"
- normally circular
- level space where the chorus did their thing
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parabasis
- chorus speech that has nothing to do with the play that its in
- current events
- like a commercial break
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parados
- 1st song the chorus sings as they enter
- the areas where the chorus and audience enter from
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paraskenia
acting area on top of the skene
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periaktoi
3 flats fastened together to give 3 dif. scenes when rotated
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peripereia
reversal of fortune moment of a play
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pinakes
- painted flat on skene
- gives an idea of setting
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proagon
- pre-festival party
- procession
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processional drama
- border between theater and ritual
- parade through the market, sailing down Nile, etc
- idea that there will be movement through a space not really in the space
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shaman
- not like regular humans
- sometimes chosen, sometimes inherited
- sacred
- (not theater)
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stichomythia
- scene where the lines are very short
- back and forth like normal dialogue
- not like most Greek dialogue
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strophe and antistrophe
- choral odes
- chorus moved one direction during the strophe and back the other way during antistrophe
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thymele
- altar for Dionysus
- thought to be center of the orchestra at one time
- linked to religious aspect
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Yahweh
- mountain god of law and order
- Hebrew's one god
- ordered universe based on suffering
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ziggurat
raised platform used for ceremonial purposes
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534 BC
year of 1st Dionysian Festival
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458 BC
1st performance of Orestia
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Adrastus
- local Sicyon hero
- had choral odes to him in Sicyon, 27 years before 1st Dionysian Fest (as noted by Herodotus)
- provides argument that tragedy may not have stemmed from Dionysus
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Aeschylus
- introduced 2nd actor
- wrote the Orestia
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Arion
- 7th century BC
- dressed chorus in goat skin
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Aristophanes
- only old comic playwright that has a substantial amount of works remaining
- Lysistrata, the Frogs,etc
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Aristotle
- 384-322 BC
- philosopher, author, critic
- The Poetics (didn't affect theater for ~1800 yrs), written about 70 yrs after last "great poets"
- only wrote about tragedy
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Cleisthenes of Athens
comes up w idea of the tribes of Athens being the judges for the festival
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Ephialtes
leader at the time who limits the Areopagus to conducting murder trials
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Lycurgus
- rebuilds City Dionysia in 33 BC
- makes it in stone
- adds wings and peraskene
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Menander
New Comedy playwright
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Peisistratus
- tyrant of Athens wants to consolidate power
- known for exploiting theatricality and religion for own purposes
- exiled then came back
- develops a number of festivals
- introduces worship to Dionysus
- showcases Athens with Dionysian Festival
- (basically an excuse to party)
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Solon
- strathogos of Athens (military and political leader)
- very important poet
- against Dionysian festival as he doesn't want make believe dealing with serious situations
- political opposition to Peisistratus
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Sophocles
- wrote Medea
- tragedy writer
- credited w introducing the 3rd actor
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Thespis
- 550-500 BC
- don't know a lot about him
- presumably stepped out the chorus to become 1st actor
- winner of 1st Festival
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