Greek drama/tragedy
Across
- 2. to blaspheme (show contempt or irreverence toward God)
- 4. final action after last stasimon; the ceremonial exit of all players
- 8. one who honors gods law more than mans law
- 9. a person who advocated (is in favor of) anarchy
- 10. a lyric poem usually marked by serious, respectful, and exalted feelings toward the subject
- 12. fatal flaw
- 13. was the first of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays can still be read or performed
- 16. entrance of the chorus
- 19. an individual who supports this form of government out of principle, independent from the person, the monarch.
- 20. hero a privileged, exalted character of high repute, who, by virtue of a tragic flaw and fate, suffers a fall from glory into suffering
- 21. absence of any form of political authority
- 23. The tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus
- 24. the king of thebes
Down
- 1. Tragedy Characters of high birth or status, experience a series of events that threaten position, suffer a tragic fall of own actions
- 2. to be greater in strength or influence; triumph
- 3. weak minded daughter of oedipus
- 5. Greek word meaning "cleansing" or "purging".
- 6. the daughter of tantalus
- 7. to act in violation of the law
- 11. amous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus
- 14. A serious form of drama dealing with the downfall of a heroic or noble character
- 15. form of government in which sovereignty is actually or nominally embodied in a single individual
- 17. a great Greek philosopher and teacher who wrote "The Poetics", a critical essay on Greek tragedy.
- 18. personifcation of the chorus, in the middle of the action of the play
- 22. A company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play.