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| First of the three famous ancient Greek playwrights; also a soldier, religious participant, and actor. |
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| A company of anonymous characters in a drama who comment on and sometimes participate in the action. |
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| In ancient Greece, hymns to the god Dionysus involving choral lyrics with exchanges between the leader and the chorus (pronounced "ditherams"). |
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| Long story focused on a hero whose journeys reflect the values and aspirations of an entire nation. |
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| The body of written works of a language, period, or culture. |
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| Unreal or imaginary tale (usually anonymous); often uses supernatural themes to explain elements of the natural world or practices of a particular culture. |
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| The spoken relation and preservation, from one generation to the next, of a people's cultural history and ancestry, often by a storyteller in narrative form. |
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| Second of the three famous ancient Greek playwrights; wrote 123 plays, of which only 7 exist today. |
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| Broadly, a serious work of fiction, especially drama, in which the protagonist, through an error in judgement or twist of fate, experiences a change from happiness to suffering. |
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