Antigone Key Terms

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Central scene in which there is a formal debate with two opposing speeches.
Agon
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Greek open-air performance space
Amphitheatre
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Greek philosopher who explored the ideas of a Greek tragedy
Aristotle
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A group of actors giving a variety of points of view to scenes being acted
Chorus
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Centre of the Orchestra marked by an upright stone
Command Point
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Short tunic for male characters, full-length garment for female characters
Costume
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Wheeled platform that came out of the Skene
Ekkyklema
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Long sided entrances where the Chorus would enter from
Eisodoi
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Helped multi-rolling and facial recognition in a large space
Mask
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A crane positioned above the skene for flying sequences
Mechane
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Central performance space
Orchestra
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Entry of the chorus
Parados
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City-state
Polis
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Where Antigone and Ismene give the background to the play
Prologue
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Upstage structure representing outer wall of a building, which had a roof so that scenes could be played on it.
Skene
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Backdrop painted on the skene or or cloth backdrop
Skenographia
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Ode sung by the chorus after the parados
Stasimon
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Dialogue of alternate single lines creating tension and conflict
Sticomythia
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Originally first part of choral ode where chorus would move from one side to the other and antistrophe, the reverse movement
Strophe
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Athenian Amphitheatre seating around 14,000 people
Theatre of Dionysus
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Greek open-air performance space

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Greek philosopher who explored the ideas of a Greek tragedy

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A group of actors giving a variety of points of view to scenes being acted

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Centre of the Orchestra marked by an upright stone

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