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| troupes of dancers who would chant and sing |
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actors.
Comes from Thespis separating himself from the chorus and giving himself individual lines |
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| where the chorus performed |
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| wooden building behind the orchestra |
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| area in front of the skene |
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| prism-shaped columns that were painted with scenery and could be revolved to change the scene |
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| device for raising and lowering gods onto the stage |
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| overly simplistic ending to a drama |
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| the downfall of a character of high status whi is neither completely good nor completely evil |
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| flaw in the hero's character that causes their downfall |
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excessive pride.
one of the most common tragic flawss |
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plays that contained humerous satires of public figures or types of people.
prefigured out use of the word comedy |
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| wild, humerous romps dealing with ludicrus situation and characters |
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| theatrical form in which ludicrous, improbable, funny situations are normal |
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| characteristics that most works of that type share |
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| scene in which the chorus danced and sang commentaries on the action of the drama |
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| scene in which the chorus danced and sang commentaries on the action of the drama |
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| part of the parados in which the chorus sang and turned from stage right to stage left |
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| part of the parados where the chorus sand and returned from stage left to stage right |
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| 3 unities of action, space, and time |
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| greek poetic theory that says that the play shouldhave all events related to the working out of a central conflict or struggle. It should occur in a single day at a single time. |
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