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Flashcards by Bethany Louise S, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bethany Louise S
almost 10 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Aegeus | The King of Athens |
| Agon | Debate between Medea and Jason |
| Chorus | Composed of Corinthian Women |
| Creon | King of Corinth |
| Dialogue | conversation, in one or more lines between characters |
| Dramatic irony | use of language in the play that has different or concealed meanings or interpretations for the speaker and the listener |
| Glauce | Daughter of Creon |
| Jason | Greek hero famous for returning the golden fleece |
| Medea | Jason's wife who helped him in his quest for the golden fleece |
| Messenger speech | vivid description of deaths of Glauce and Creon |
| Prologue | introduction of the play delivered by the nurse |
| Parados | first song by the chorus, first enters orchestra and dancers |
| Exodus | chorus exits singing about the play and the moral of the story |
| Episodes | characters and the chorus talk there are 4 episodes in Medea |
| Stasimons | characters usually leave the stage wile the chorus sings and dances about what has happened there are 4 stassimons in Medea |
| Order of Medea | Prologue, 1st ep, 1st sta, 2nd ep, 2nd sta, 3rd ep, 3rd sta, 4th ep, 4th sta, exodus |
| Kommos | lyrics or chanted duet between actors and chorus of a highly mournful or emotional nature |
| Epirrhema | passage wherein one actor or the chorus speaks or chants lines in response to another actors lyrics |
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