Greek Tragedy Terms/Rhetorical Devices

Hubris

Hubris

Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance

Logos

Among the Sophists, the topics of rational argument or the arguments themselves.

Catharsis

A purifying or figurative cleansing of emotions, especially pity and fear, described by Aristotle as an effect of tragic drama on its audience.

Hamartia

tragic flaw

Pathos

A quality, as of an experience or a work of art, that arouses feelings of pity, sympathy, tenderness, or sorrow.

Pathos definition 2

The feeling, as of sympathy or pity, so aroused.

Paean

a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving

(Paella- Spanish rice, food)

Strophe

a poetic term originally referring to the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy, followed by the antistrophe and epode.

The term has been extended to also mean a structural division of a poem containing stanzas of varying line length. In poems composed of similar units, such as epic poems, the term strophic is synonymous with stanzaic.

Ethos

The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement.

Parodos

opening song sung by the chorus

Exodus

final scene or departure in a Greek tragedy

(Ex-Exit)