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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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