CLAS 1020 Theater Terms
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Theatron (cavea)
seating for audience
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Orchestra
dancing floor for chorus
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Parodos
ramp for chorus' entry and exit
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Proscenium
stage
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Skene
backdrop
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Prologue
announcement of a subject
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Parodos
entrance of choruses
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Episodes
3 to 6 "acts" (dialogue among soloists) alternating with several stasima
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Stasima
choral odes
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Strophe
turn
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Antistrophe
counter-turn
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Kommos
dialogue between actors and chorus
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Exodos
exit of chorus
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3 unities
time, place, action
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Mimesis
imitation
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Catharsis
(purification) or negative emotions especially pity or fear
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Protagonist
main sufferer
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Hubris
arrogant pride
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Hamartia
fault, crime, sin
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Anagnorisis
recognition
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Peripeteia
reversal
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Machina
crane
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