AUCA 120 Art And Thought Of Classical Greece

AUCA 120 Art and Thought of Classical Greece
Take-Home Exam

Part 1 – Identification of Names and Terms (2% x 15 = 30%)

In several sentences, identify each of the following items, indicating its relevance to Classical Greek Drama, as well as to the play in which it occurs, or the plays we read.

Stichomythia- Stichomythia is the conversation between two characters in a play, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.

Deus ex machine- Deus ex machine means “God of machine” .In ancient Greek drama, where it meant the timely appearance of a god to unravel and resolve the plot.

Dithyramb- Dithyramb was a lengthy "hymn" in honor of Dionysus which was sung by a chorus of group

- These lines are taken from “Eumenides”. Here, Apollo states that Orestes mother, Clytemnestra does not count as a parent. Orestes is not considered guilty of matricide since Clytemnestra is not his mother.Apollo pleads that the father's claim is greater than the mother's, that the father is the only true parent.

3. I know, young man, it is not your natural bent to say such things nor to contrive such mischief. But the prize of victory is pleasant to win. Bear up: another time we shall prove honest. - These lines are taken from “ Philoctetes”. This quote is said by Odysseus to Neoptolemus. Odysseus first addressed neoptolemus as a younger, untried man, in the absence of the goddess Athena, whom Odysseus previously revered and feared. Thus, Odysseus now makes himself the primary driver of another suffering and downfall, demonstrating a ruthlessness at odds with his supposedly balanced nature.

4.Of all the living creatures with a soul and mind, we women are the most pathetic. First of all, we have to buy a husband: spend vast amounts of money, just to get a master for our body – to add insult to

Aristophanes was the greatest writer of comedies in the early period known as Old Comedy. Sophocles wrote philoctetes it was about the young Philoctetes was willing to light the fire, and in return for this favour Heracles gavePhiloctetes his magical bow whose arrows infallibly kill. Later, when Philoctetes left with the other Greeks to participate in the Trojan War, he was bitten on the foot by a snake. The bite festered, leaving him in constant agony and giving off a sickening smell. Euripides’s play “medea” he talks about Medea and Jason, who had two children during their life together, but their domestic arrangement is about to end. At the opening of Medea, Jason and his father-in-law-to-be, Creon, say Medea and her children must leave the country so that Jason may marry Creon's daughter Glauce in peace. Medea is blamed for her own fate, being told that if she hadn't behaved as a jealous, possessive woman, she could have remained in