Aeschylus Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

18 pages summary, has the history from Solon/Cleisthenes/Ephialtes/Pericles etc and also has the set sources for OCR: Aristophanes, Plato, Pseudo-Xenophon, Aeschylus, Euripides and Thucydides (analysis, quotes and summaries)

My revision notes contain over 100 pages of all of the information required to achieve an A* in the Greek Theatre component of your OCR A-level Classical Civilisation exam. The optional play choices are 'Bacchae,' 'Oedipus the King,' and 'Frogs.' My notes include a link to accompanying flashcards, as well as notes based on the textbook, memorable quotes from each of the plays, modern scholarship for each play, and even essay plans to help you achieve everything you need to know! Yo...

TJC English 2332 Final Exam Review Question and answers 100% correct 2024 TJC English 2332 Final Exam Review What are the two poles of the human condition? - correct answer War & Peace - they are on Achilles' shield Who are the three Greek playwrights? - correct answer Sophocles / Euripides / Aeschylus Archon; - correct answer mayor Catharsis; - correct answer some sort of emotional release Choragus; - correct answer priest of Dionysus Choregos; - correct answer "patron" u...

Aristophanes' Frogs Summary, Quotes, and Modern/Secondary Scholarship

Aeschylus correct answers He was a play writed that was part of the tragedians Aristides the just correct answers aristdes was one of the most well known politician in Athens, and was also famous for being a general in the Persian war Cimon son of Miltiades correct answers - was the general of the Delian League city Dionysia festival correct answers - a festival where they performed the tragedies in honor of the greek god Dionysus Cleruchy correct answers - was a Greek conquest islan...

TJC English 2332 Study Guide Exam 2024. What are the two poles of the human condition? - correct answer War & Peace - they are on Achilles' shield Who are the three Greek playwrights? - correct answer Sophocles / Euripides / Aeschylus Archon; - correct answer mayor Catharsis; - correct answer some sort of emotional release Choragus; - correct answer priest of Dionysus Choregos; - correct answer "patron" usually a wealthy Athenian What was the conflict in the play Oedipus?...

OCR 2023 Classical Civilisation H008/21: Greek theatre AS Level Question Paper & Mark Scheme (Merged) 3 Source B Sophocles’ Oedipus the King 408–431 4 Explain why Tiresias mentions that he serves Apollo (line 4). Make two points. [2] 5 Give the names of Oedipus’ mother and father (line 14). [2] 6 What is Cithaeron (line 20)? [1] 7 Give the name of one of Oedipus’ children (line 25). [1] 8 Explain how successfully Sophocles makes the scene in Source B an exciting piece of...

Homer - Odyssy and Iliad Blind, his works were compiled after is death Iliad - story of Ilium or Troy Odyssey - Story of Ulysses/Odysseus The Argonauts - Story of Jason and the Argus trying to get the golden fleece Pericles - important founder of democracy Greek Historians - Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon Greek Playwrights - Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides Aeschylus - Father of tragedy Prometheus Bound Sophocles - Greek writer of tragedies; author of Oedipus Rex, Antigone Euriped...

Western audiences, to a great degree have been brought up watching Aristotelian story telling Correct Answer: True The inciting incident in a story happens after the crisis Correct Answer: false there were 24 chorus members in the tragedy of sophocles Correct Answer: false according to the aristotle good tragedies raise questions about the meaning of human kind's existence Correct Answer: true the new comedy of menander was severely critical of the athenian government's role in t...

Ritual - A traditional pattern of action Folktale - Ordinary folk, talking animals, strange creatures, giants, witches. Unspecified, generic Legend - Mortal heroes. Distant past, known places Myth - Immortal gods. In illo tempore, sacred space "at that (other) time." Etiology myth(origin myth) - Intended to explain the origins of cult practices, natural phenomenon, proper names. Aeschylus - Founder of greek tragedy. Most famous play=Agamemno Euripides - 3 great tragedians of classical g...