Antigone Terms
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- dramatic irony
- anctor speaks in ignorance of a circumstance or event that is known to the audience or to other characters.
- hubris
- pride in excess
- skene
- the curtain at the back of the stage; is used for backdrops, costume changes and exits and entrances.
- exodos
- final, ceremonial exit
- thymele
- altar to Dionysus in the center of the orchestra
- deux ex machina
- "flying machine" for actors to play gods
- epiphany
- "showing forth" or seeing the light (truth)
- catharsis
- purging of emotions (mostly pity and fear) through art
- orchestra
- circular area on the ground level where the orchestra and chorus stay
- theatron
- stone steps rising up and back (usually built on a hill)
- episode
- play or act
- choragos
- leader of the chorus
- prologue
- background information at the start of the play
- parados
- the first entry of the chorus (usually with lyrical)
- hamartia
- fatal/tragic flaw
- stichomythia
- rapid-fire dialogue between two characters
- proskenion
- the stage in front of the skene; action takes place there
- stasimon
- the musical ode at the end of an episode
- archetype
- model of a type: tragic hero, chivalrous knight, etc