Greek drama/tragedy

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