Oedipus Rex Set 2 and Greek Theater terms

Superior or above all others

• Predominant

• Benevolent

• Posthumously

• Preeminent

the wooden hut where the actors changed masks and costumes; Sophocles painted sceneryon its forward wall, hence the evolution of the word "scene"

• Theatron

• Mechane

• Parados

• Skene

A sudden occurrence that interrupts

• Reprieve

• Peripeteia

• Hearing

• Depravity

the crane that lifted actors portraying gods from above onto the proscenium

• Parados

• Theatron

• Skene

• Mechane

the sudden reversal of circumstances or fortune from good to bad.

• Catharsis

• Anagnorisis

• Peripeteia

• Hamartia

Moral corruption or degradation

• Temerity

• Deprecate

• Depravity

• Fidelity

the Tragic Hero's "fatal flaw," or the weakness in his character. Hamartia in a Tragedy is always related to hubris.

• Theatron

• Parados

• Hamartia

• Peripeteia

Occurring or continuing after a person's death

• Conciliatory

• Ignominious

• Preeminent

• Posthumously

aisles where the chorus "paraded" into or out of the orchestra area

• Theatron

• Skene

• Parados

• Hamartia

A prophet

• Seer

• Skene

• Paradox

• Surveyor