Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the ancient Greek drama, the third actor.
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- noun In Greek drama, the
actor who played the third role (after theprotagonist anddeuteragonist )
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek, originally in Greek drama, from ἀγωνιστής (agōnistēs, "a combatant, pleader, actor").
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Examples
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First known as an actor, playing "tritagonist" in the tragedies of
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(deuteragonist) by Aeschylus, and a third (tritagonist) by Sophocles.
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