Genres
What are the 3 genres of Ancient Greek theatre?
Comedy, Tragedy, Satyr
God of lightning
Zeus
Where the audience sits
theatron
Who was the first standalone actor?
Thespis
A play genre where the protagonist falls to disaster
Tragedy
Queen of the Gods
Hera
Passageways for chorus to travel
Parados
This group of singers often represented the townspeople and commented on the action of characters in a Greek play.
Chorus
A genre that imitates characters with ridiculous faults
Comedy
Patron of Theatre
Dionysus
The stage floor
orkhestra
The play festival where everyone from all over Greece came to attend and banks were shut down. Prisoners are set free to come see the festival too.
Festival of dionysus
Provides comic relief on the same topic as tragic plays
Satyr
God of War
Ares
Backdrop decorated to indicate setting
skene
This is one reason why actors wore masks.
-Visibility and characterization - Sound assistance - Multiple roles - Disguising the actor
Name on Ancient Greek Playwright
Aristotle, Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus
Goddess of love
Aphrodite
Platform for chorusleader/ altar to dionysus
Proskenion
The city that was the main center for the Greek drama festival.
Athens