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Which bird does Zeus send to eat Prometheus' liver?
Answer: Eagle
Why: Roman poets such as Propertius made it a vulture, but the Greek sources, Hesiod and Prometheus Bound, name an eagle.
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What word does Aristotle use for the tragic hero's error?
Answer: hamartia
Why: Hamartia comes from a Greek verb meaning to miss the mark or to err, a different word from hubris, arrogant pride.
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Who beat Oedipus the King to first prize?
Answer: Philocles
Why: The winner, Philocles, was a nephew of Aeschylus.
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Which English word for an actor comes from a Greek actor's name?
Answer: thespian
Why: Thespis is traditionally said to have won the first recorded tragedy contest in Athens, around 534 BC.
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What does Ajax slaughter, thinking he is killing the Greek kings?
Answer: Livestock
Why: Athena sent the delusion, turning his sword away from the Greek commanders and onto the army's captured herds.
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What does Aristotle call the soul of tragedy?
Answer: Plot
Why: Character comes second among tragedy's six parts in the Poetics, behind plot and ahead of thought, diction, song and spectacle.
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