The Euripidean gods cannot be appealed to in the name of justice.

 True

It was assumed that ___________invented the form of tragedy.

AESCHYLUS

 _________added a second speaker or actor.

AESCHYLUS

Which is NOT true of the plays of Aeschylus?

A one cannot learn through suffering

.
Which is NOT a part of the Oresteia? 
C Prometheus
. Bound
Suffering, according to Aristotle's Poetics, need not be embittering but can be a source of
knowledge. 
 True

He added a third actor to the play and employed painted scenery.

Sophocles

Which play has for its protagonist who kills her own children in revenge for their
father?

Medea

The plot of  a tragedy was almost always inspired by episodes from ______________

Greek mythology

The word "tragedy" comes from the Greek word _____________.

Tragos

It is the nuclear Greek tragedy, setting the norm in a way that cannot be claimed for any other
work.

Tragedy

The dramatic ritual was dedicated to this Greek god of wine, fertility, and theater.
Dionysus

Aeschylus has been called the most theological of the Greek tragedians.

 True

Which playwright did Aristotle call the most tragic because  his depiction of the arena
of human life is the grimmest?
Euripides
The creation of a dialogue between the Chorus and the actor is credited to
____________
Poet thespis

This is the last play of Sophocles.

Oedipus at Colonus

Which is NOT true of Sophocles?

C only three of his plays survived

.
To which book in the Bible is Prometheus compared? 
Genesis

The capacity to learn through suffering is a distinguishing characteristic of the tragic hero.

 True

Aeschylus'  Choephoroi has been compared to the Bible's Book of Job both in its structure and its preoccupation
with the problem of suffering.
 True

In the communal celebrations, what may have been the first formal element?

choric dance

He gifted mankind with fire and the arts.

Prometheus

Of the three Greek tragedians, he is often called the "purest" artist, truest to the actual state of human experience.

Sophocles

In Oedipus at Colonus, Oedipus denies that he had sinned, since he had done both deeds unwittingly. 
 True

Tragic contests entail a marriage between two art forms. These are choral lyric and
EPIC RECITATION
Emotions were conveyed more by action.

 True

The suffering of the protagonist is disproportionate to his culpability

 True

There may be tragedy without character.

 True

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Many roles and choruses in the plays were female.

 True

The first surviving tragedy of Aeschylus.

PERSAE

These performances were originally “sacral,” religious acts offered in honour of gods or
heroes in the hope of blessings for the local community.

Plato considered poetry as wicked idea because it encouraged people to be hysterical.

 True

The dithyramb was associated particularly with the god _________

DIONYSUS

Euripides'  work that is classified as tragedy is much closer to what we understand as

comedy.

EURIPIDES’ ION

The rhapsodic contests can be seen as leading naturally into tragedy.

 True

Tragedy's primary musical instrument is the ________.

AULOS
Aristotle's doctrine of ________explains why the spectacle of suffering should give
pleasure.
KATHARSIS

Paean is performed in honor of the god ______

APOLLO

The Greek word for an actor is __________meaning "answerer".

HYPOCRITES

Greek tragedies were primarily regarded as materials for pedagogic purposes or textual
criticism.
 True

The actors themselves were funded by their patrons.

 False

________performance of cult poetry sung and danced by a choir to the accompaniment

of the lyre.
CHORAL LYRIC

_________is a hymn celebrating the victory of an athlete.

EPINIKION

Homeric verses were held at the  __________, the quadrennial festival in honor of the
city's patron goddess Athena.
ATHENS

The idea of introducing a solo actor was credited to ________

THESPIS

Tragedy involves a ________, some kind ofidentifiable suffering.

PATHOS

During the reign of the tyrant_____________that the art of tragedy had grown to
maturity.
PISISTRATUS

Each poet was his own director, composer, choreographer and leading actor.
 True
Aristotle says that tragedy is a representation of an action that is ________
SERIOUS
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Which is the superior form of poetry for Aristotle?

EPIC POETRY

Acting methods in the ancient Greek theater were not realistic.

 False