classic greek tragedy
1tragedy — [[t]træ̱ʤɪdi[/t]] ♦♦♦ tragedies 1) N VAR A tragedy is an extremely sad event or situation. They have suffered an enormous personal tragedy... Maskell s life had not been without tragedy. 2) N VAR Tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama …
2tragedy — /traj i dee/, n., pl. tragedies. 1. a dramatic composition, often in verse, dealing with a serious or somber theme, typically that of a great person destined through a flaw of character or conflict with some overpowering force, as fate or society …
3tragedy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. drama; disaster, calamity, catastrophe; crushing blow. See evil. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Unhappy fate] Syn. lot, bad fortune, misfortune, doom, bad end, no good end. Ant. happiness*, fortune, success.… …
4Greek military junta of 1967–1974 — Regime of the Colonels redirects here. For the generic usage as a term for military rule, see military junta. For the Polish regime of colonels, see Piłsudski s colonels. For other uses, see Colonels regime. History of Greece …
5Greek mythology — Bust of Zeus, Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio Clementino, Vatican) Topics in Greek mythology Gods …
6Greek language — Indo European language spoken mostly in Greece. Its history can be divided into four phases: Ancient Greek, Koine, Byzantine Greek, and Modern Greek. Ancient Greek is subdivided into Mycenaean Greek (14th–13th centuries BC) and Archaic and… …
7Greek mythology — Oral and literary traditions of the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes and the nature and history of the cosmos. The Greek myths and legends are known today primarily from Greek literature, including such classic works as Homer s… …
8ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
9Chorus of the Elderly in Classical Greek Drama — The chorus of the elderly in classic Greek drama is a common trope in the theater of that period. Out of the thirty or so plays that are extant from the classical period seven have choruses that consist of elderly people. [Falkner, Thomas M. The… …
10Fernanda Montenegro — Infobox actor imagesize = caption = birthname = Arlete Pinheiro Esteves da Silva birthdate = birth date and age|mf=yes|1929|10|16 birthplace = Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil othername = yearsactive = 1955 present spouse = Fernando Torres… …
