CLCV 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Lightning, Chthonic, Dionysia

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Classical Civilization
• Course: CLCV 1002
• Professor: J.J.Gahan

Document Summary

Words added to the key terms for last week. Trilogy, satyr play, tetralogy, masks, and kothornoi (cothurni). Sophocles" tragedy, the oedipus: an example of typical greek tragedy, the first 168 lines serve as a prologue. These lines are a conversation between the hero oedipus and the prophet: oedipus married his mother and had children with her. When he finds out, he blinds himself: next is the parodos, the entry of the chorus, act 1, then a choral ode. Act 5, followed by the exodus: aristotle describes the perfect play as 5 acts, separated by 4 choral odes. All of which is preceded by the parodos and followed by the exodus. A prologue is also a component of a good greek tragedy: the 15 members of the chorus offer a prayer to the gods zeus, apollo, athena, and artemis in their entrance. Dionysus is the patron deity of the greek theatre. Greek myth: the greeks considered that the gods were everywhere.