eng greek tragedy vocab

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

Hubris - Overbearing pride or presumption; arrogance

Catharsis - A purifying or figurative cleansing of the 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.

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

Paean -  a song or lyric poem expressing triumph or thanksgiving

Strophe - A strophe is a poetic term originally referring to the first part of the ode in Ancient Greek tragedy

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