HON 1520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Antistrophe, Epode, Sophocles
13 Jan 2017
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We don"t know what the words means in greek. Need to completely feel this cleansing/pull on heartstrings. There needs to be a release of emotions. Tragedy came from athens in the 6th/5th century. Structure pretty fluid: prologue, parode (entrance ode) comes after the episode. Strophe the chorus moving toward the altar. Antistrophe the chorus walking away from the altar. Epode changing the meter of the song. Everything is coming to a close in the. Parode: episode parode between each episode. 3-5 episodes: stasimon song that"s standing; reflects on the episode (after each episode), exode last one. Theater: theotron: curving seats: always on an incline, orchestra down in the middle, parodos entrances for the actors to the orchestra, skene the stage (really means tent, prohedia where the important people sit. Sophocles: 490s-406bce lives in the peak of athens, writings: 120 plays, 7 survive, 2 dated: philoctetes 409bce, oedipus at colonus 401bce.
