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Dionysus

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God of wine, grapes, plays, spontaneity, ambiguity, etc. His follower, Thespis, was the first actor. The Greater and Lesser Dionysia were dedicated to him

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Ecstasis

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An effect Dionysus has on his followers. Means taking a person out of where they were standing before

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Aeschylus

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Wrote the Oresteia. Lived in early 4th century BCE in Athens. A playwright and a soldier

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Herodotus

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The first scientific historian

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Thespis

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A follower of Dionysus. The first actor, stepped out a chorus to talk in character

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Agamemnon

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Son of Atreus, son of Pelops, son of Tantalus. A cursed house. Sacrificed his daughter, Iphigenia, infuriating Clytemnestra. Father of Orestes and Electra. Led the fight at Troy to get Helen for his brother, Menelaos. Brought Cassandra back with him. Made to walk on a red carpet. Killed by Clytemnestra and Aegisthos, his cousin

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Iphigenia

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Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Sacrificed by Agamemnon to Artemis to repay for the pregnant rabbit he killed and allow the winds to blow again. Her death leads to his

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Cassandra

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Apollo gave her prophecy in exchange for sleeping with him. When she didn’t, he made it so that no-one would listen. Agamemnon brings her back from Troy. She predicts his and her own death

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Erinyes

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Spirits that first arose from Kronos’ blood hitting the ground after his castration. Come from the blood spilled by someone of the same blood. Very frightening. Torment Orestes for killing his mother. Transformed into the Eumenides

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Labdacus

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Distant cousin of Dionysus. Good king of Thebes, with a sharp temper. He passes this trait to his son, Laius, who passes it to his son, Oedipus

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Jocasta

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Wife to Laius. Prophecy that their child would kill him and sleep with her. Attempt to have Oedipus exposed. Later marries him. Has Antigone, Ismene, Polynices, and Etiocles with him. Figures out what she has done and hangs herself

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Polynices

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Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Asks him for his blessing. Is refused because he didn’t take care of him, as was his duty. Killed by Etiocles while attempting to take power in Thebes. Condemned to die without burial by Creon. Antigone fulfills her promise to him by burying him twice under pain of death

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Thebes

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An archetypical city thought to be a bad place in contrast to Athens. Where Jocasta and Laius ruled. Later ruled by Jocasta and Oedipus. Later by Creon

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Haemon

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Son of Creon, fiance to Antigone. Attempts to convince Creon not to put her to death. Is ignored. Visits her tomb to break her out, but discovers she has hung herself. He hangs himself. When Creon finds out, his wife hangs herself

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Trilogy

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Three plays written at the same time to form a whole. Oresteia the only true one left. Often followed by a satyr play

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Aegisthos

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Son of Thyestes, son of Pelops, son of Tantalus’ cursed house. Agamemnon’s cousin. Became Clytemnestra’s new lover while he was at Troy. Helped her kill him

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Enthousiasmos

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An effect Dionysus has on his followers. It refers to being filled with the god

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Theatron

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A place to view as a spectator. Carved out of a hill

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Sophocles

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Athenian playwright around 450 BCE. Wrote the Theban Plays. Part of the Sophistic Movement, which asked if a person really knew what they thought they knew

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Plato

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He wrote down Socrates’ teachings, which spearheaded the Sophistic Movement

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Choros

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Non-individualized group who commented on and reacted to the events of the play

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Skênê

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The word for scene. It means tent, which was the first piece of scenery

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Clytemnestra

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Wife of Agamemnon, mother of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. Furious at Agamemnon for sacrificing Iphigenia. Took Aegisthos as a new lover while he was at Troy. Made him walk on the red carpet and killed him when he returned. Killed by her son. Her blood causes the Erinyes to hound him

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Orestes

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Son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Ordered by Apollo to kill his mother in Choephorai. Afterwards, the Erinyes haunt him until the Athenian trial finds him not guilty

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Apollo
God of clarity, moderation, light, proportion, and justice. Orders Orestes to kill Clytemnestra for killing Agamemnon. Defends him at the Athenian trial in Eumenides
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Eumenides
What the Erinyes are transformed into. Means the kindly minded ones. They are chthonic divinities since they return to the earth
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Laius
Son of Labdacus. King of Thebes. Had a very sharp temper, which he passed to his son Oedipus. A prophecy told that his son would kill him and sleep with his wife, Jocasta, so they pinned his feet and ordered a shepherd to expose him. Oedipus later kills him and four of his five servants on the way to Thebes when he demands the entire road
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Antigone
Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. Sister to Ismene, Etiocles, and Polynices. Takes care of Oedipus as an exile. Promises to make sure Polynices gets his burial rites when Oedipus refuses to bless him. Buries him twice under the threat of execution by Creon. Put to death by entombment, but hangs herself first. Fiancee to Haemon
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Etiocles
Son of Oedipus and Jocasta. Brother to Antigone, Etiocles, and Polynices. Wars with Polynices for power over Thebes until the two kill each other on the walls. He dies defending Thebes, so he gets full burial rites
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Colonus
Where Oedipus, Ismene, and Antigone take shelter. At first, the townspeople reject them. Then, Theseus orders them to give sanctuary. Oedipus lives out the rest of his days there until he disappears. He tells them that their problems can be solved with love
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Tiresias
A very wise blind prophet who tells Oedipus that he is the cause of the miasma in Thebes. Oedipus sends him away. Lived half of his wife as a woman
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Delphi
The location of the oracle. Visited by Orestes to obtain purification and by Oedipus to receive answers about his friend's comment saying he was not his father's son
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Deus Ex Machina
Refers to a play where an insoluble plot is resolved by a god who come onto the stage via a crane. A crane is a machina
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Persona
Latin for mask. It literally means a sound through something
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Orchestra
A round center in a theatron, meant for dancing. Choruses probably located there. Now associated with music
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Euripide
One of the first ancient Greek playwrights
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Catharsis
Feeling experienced by a viewer after feeling fear and pity. Means a cleansing/purification. Makes the person feel better. Proposed by Aristotle in Poetics
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Mimesis
Refers to imitation. A performance is an imitation of life
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Prosopon
Greek for mask. Means looking through something
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Mycenae
The kingdom Agamemnon received from Atreus upon his death. Part of the Peloponnese
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Electra
Daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. Meets Orestes, her brother, at the palace when she pours out a libation. Recognize each other when she sees his hair and he her handkerchief. Happy to be freed by Orestes
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Athena
Goddess of common sense, practical knowledge, etc. Daughter of Zeus and Metis, but born from his head. Presides over Orestes' jury. Casts her vote for him since she did not have a mother. Convinces the Erinyes to become Eumenides
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Sphinx
Stood outside Thebes asking riddles and strangling people for wrong answers. Asked Oedipus the multi-legged riddle. Kills herself when he answers a human. Her death leads to his coronation
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Oedipus
Son of Laius and Jocasta, who tried to expose him. Name means swollen foot. Thought he was the son of Polybus and Merope. Had a temper. Killed Laius, married Jocasta. Had Polynices, Etiocles, Ismene, and Antigone with her. Discovered he was the source of Thebes' miasma. Blinded and exiled himself. Told the solution to troubles is love.
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Ismene
Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta. Joins him and Antigone during his exile. Refuses to help Antigone bury Polynices since it wouldn't be right for her to disobey Creon, the king
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Corinth
Where Polybus and Merope ruled and raise Oedipus. He leaves when he finds out about his prophecy
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Creon
Takes over Thebes after Polynices and Etiocles kill each other. Forbids Polynices from receiving a burial. Puts Antigone to death for doing so. Realizes his mistake as his son, Haemon, hands himself.
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Pylades
Orestes' closest friend. Comes to the palace with him. Provides him with encouragement when he hesitates to kill Clytemnestra
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Mt. Cithaeron
Where the shepherds from Corinth and Thebes met each other

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