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A-Z: General definitions: Perepeteia
Definition
A plot component of tragedy, meaning the reversal of a situation. In Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex (c.429 BC), for example, the protagonist’s fortunes alter from good to bad at the point when he discovers that Laius was his father and Jocasta is his mother.
A drama in which the main character falls from power, dignity and prosperity to misery, defeat and (usually) death
Greek dramatist, one of three famous tragedians
The 'protagonist' in Greek drama meant the chief contender, or main actor.
King of Thebes, husband of Jocasta and father of Oedipus, at whose hands he was unknowingly killed.
Wife first of Laius, second of her son Oedipus, sister of Creon.
