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  • Troezen/Definition
    ...nt]] with the then-future [[hero]] [[Theseus]]. It is the setting of the [[Greek tragedy|tragedy]] ''[[Hippolytus]]'' written by [[Euripides]] which is about the [[
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  • Elizabeth Vandiver/Definition
    ...ip|scholar]] and authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Clytemnestra
    ...over]], [[Agisthos]], who murdered her husband [[Agamemnon]] and brought [[Greek tragedy|horrific tragedy]] on the family over several generations. But .Greek mytho
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  • Pontos/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Hubris
    ...character flaw of excessive pride, arrogance or presumption. In ancient [[Greek tragedy]], hubris further included defiance toward the [[gods]], which invariably r In addition to being a major convention of Greek tragedy, hubris was more broadly considered to be the act of one human degrading or
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  • Bacchae/Definition
    ...of [[King]] [[Pentheus]] of the [[city-state]] of [[Thebes]] (where many [[Greek tragedy|Greek tragedies]] had as their [[setting]], according to [[Classics]] [[sch
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  • Adonis/Definition
    ...cholar]], authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] as well as [[Greek tragedy]], the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Vir
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  • Satyrs/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Aithra/Definition
    ..., [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Peleus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    607 bytes (83 words) - 15:36, 9 April 2010
  • Tartaros/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Walter Burkert/Definition
    ...cholar]], authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] as well as [[Greek tragedy]], ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', the ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], [[Virgil]
    548 bytes (69 words) - 15:23, 7 April 2010
  • Aegeus/Definition
    ...]] who killed the [[Minotaur]], and who was a prominent [[character]] in [[Greek tragedy]].
    363 bytes (55 words) - 22:42, 16 April 2010
  • Centaur/Definition
    ...[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    571 bytes (77 words) - 17:34, 7 April 2010
  • Phaethon/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    608 bytes (85 words) - 15:55, 9 April 2010
  • Euhemerus/Definition
    ...cholar]], authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] as well as [[Greek tragedy]], the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Vir
    606 bytes (82 words) - 15:49, 7 April 2010
  • Remus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    467 bytes (59 words) - 17:48, 9 April 2010
  • Alcmene/Definition
    ...Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], and authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    577 bytes (74 words) - 16:17, 7 April 2010
  • Pyrrha/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    651 bytes (87 words) - 17:44, 9 April 2010
  • Troilus/Definition
    ...Greece|Greek]] [[hero]] [[Achilles]], and his [[death]] was described in [[Greek tragedy]] by the [[Athens|Athenian]] [[drama|dramatist]] [[Sophocles]]. His actions
    528 bytes (77 words) - 09:39, 22 February 2023
  • Sphinx/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    666 bytes (87 words) - 18:30, 9 April 2010
  • Procrustes/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    625 bytes (85 words) - 17:22, 9 April 2010
  • Pelops/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    718 bytes (102 words) - 15:39, 9 April 2010
  • Polyxena/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    645 bytes (84 words) - 09:33, 22 February 2023
  • Aigeus/Definition
    ...cholar]], authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] as well as [[Greek tragedy]], the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Vir
    479 bytes (63 words) - 16:02, 7 April 2010
  • Tragedy
    {{seealso|Greek tragedy}}
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  • Maenads/Definition
    ..., [[Classics]] [[scholarship|scholar]], authority on Greek mythology and [[Greek tragedy]], including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Pyramus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    667 bytes (88 words) - 17:40, 9 April 2010
  • Tantalos/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    814 bytes (114 words) - 18:43, 9 April 2010
  • Pentheus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    673 bytes (97 words) - 15:46, 9 April 2010
  • Pasiphae/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    704 bytes (96 words) - 15:34, 9 April 2010
  • Pirithous/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    748 bytes (98 words) - 17:15, 9 April 2010
  • Orestes
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Sinis/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Sisyphos/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    706 bytes (99 words) - 18:28, 9 April 2010
  • Ouranos/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Aerope/Definition
    ...cholar]], authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] as well as [[Greek tragedy]], the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Vir
    605 bytes (84 words) - 15:54, 7 April 2010
  • Semele/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Theatre
    ...in the [[Western world]] began in [[Ancient Greece]], with classical or [[Greek tragedy]].
    836 bytes (120 words) - 14:35, 2 February 2023
  • Aeschylus
    ...Greek tragic [[drama|dramatists]], and is considered to be the father of [[Greek tragedy]] because he introduced the second actor into the drama and subordinated th
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  • Orpheus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
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  • Prometheus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    934 bytes (133 words) - 17:34, 9 April 2010
  • Romulus/Definition
    ...ssics]] [[scholarship|scholar]] and authority on [[Greek mythology]] and [[Greek tragedy]] including the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]],
    739 bytes (104 words) - 18:24, 14 April 2010
  • Clytemnestra/Definition
    ...r lover [[murder]] her husband, and this sparks a continuing sequence of [[Greek tragedy]] which provided much material for tragedians.
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  • Aigisthos/Definition
    ...cholar]], authority on [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[mythology]] as well as [[Greek tragedy]], the ''[[Iliad]]'', ''[[Odyssey]]'', ''[[Aeneid]]'', [[Homer]], and [[Vir
    781 bytes (108 words) - 16:06, 7 April 2010
  • Greek tragedy
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  • Madness
    ...hich is sometimes seen as a type of ''madness''. Another example is from [[Greek tragedy]]. The [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[hero]] [[Ajax]] who became [[delusional]]
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  • Stranger
    In [[Greek tragedy]], according to the [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] [[playwright]] [[Sophocles]],
    2 KB (373 words) - 08:21, 17 April 2010
  • Suicide
    There have been instances in [[Greek tragedy]] when a character in a [[drama]] such as the play ''[[Agamemnon]]'' by [[A
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  • Rickettsia prowazekii
    ...ouse and ''R. prowazekii'' is, in their small world, rather reminiscent of Greek tragedy; the outcome differing only to the extent by which the louse enjoyed, in it
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  • Mechane
    ...home.brooklyn.cuny.edu/classics/dunkle/tragedy/index.htm ''Introduction to Greek Tragedy''])</ref>
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  • Theory of Forms
    ...ide of and beyond any mind, especially a sensible mind. In Plato, and in Greek tragedy, e.g., Sophocles, and from the standpoint of an archaic Greek sensibility g
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  • Bellerophon
    ...hilles]] and [[Heracles]], he dealt with one of the ultimate problems of [[Greek tragedy]], which was the character flaw of [[hubris]] or excessive pride, and in th
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  • Fate
    ...ble, but [[literary]] [[scholars]] have noticed the conundrum within the [[Greek tragedy]], which is how the concepts of fate and [[free will]] are intertwined. Cha
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  • Conventions (theatre)
    ...ention that is distinctly a theatre convention devised by the promoters of Greek tragedy and still very much in use today concerns the ''ekkylema.'' The term ekkyk ...ressionism, etc. It is not unimportant that today it is possible to stage Greek tragedy in any manner we choose though it may not be successful. ‘Realism’, fo
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  • Screenplay
    ...and well-written dialogue. The philosopher [[Aristotle]] suggested that a Greek tragedy was well-written if it was difficult or impossible to remove a single line
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  • The Sporting Life (album)
    ...ic voice with Jones' funky bass lines. A merging of heavy rock and Ancient Greek tragedy. The song 'Do You Take This Man?' mocks wedding vows by comparing romance t
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  • Mentally healthy mind
    * [[Oedipus]]. [[Fiction|Fictional]] [[character (drama)|character]] from [[Greek tragedy]] who unwittingly [[murder|murdered]] his [[father]] and [[marriage|married ...people were [[fate]]d to be foolish and that human existence was like a [[Greek tragedy|tragic]] joke, and he felt that the best that people could do would be to e
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