Greek Theater Vocabulary - Marple

orchestra

circular space at the foot of a hill which was a level structure where the ceremony took place

theatron

the place where audience sat

parados

two broad isles that extended from the orchestra on each side of the theatron

skene

a building where the actors could change costume and often provided the backdrop of the play

proskenion

between the skene and the orchestra, from which developed what we now call the stage

Ode

a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject

Episode

a brief section of a literary or dramatic work that forms part of a connected series

Anagnorisis

when the tragic hero recognizes his or her tragic fall

Catharsis

purging of the emotions

Dramatic Irony

(theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

Greek Tragedy

Characters of high birth or status, experience a series of events that threaten position, suffer a tragic fall of own actions

Tragedy

A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character

Tragic hero

a privileged, exalted character of high repute, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw and fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering

Hamartia

tragic, fatal flaw

prologue

introduction (to a poem or play)

exodus

a departure

strophe

First choral ode turns east to west

antistrophe

the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama west to east

Allusion

a reference to a famous art literature or reference to ur own life

Chorogus

Leader of chorus

Choral ode

ode sung by chorus

Mythological allusion

When something hints to a myth

Chorus

People on the side that set up scenes

Lyric poem

Poem-like song

aside

when a talk is supposed to be hidden from other characters