Greek Plays 101
One of the three reasons Greeks used masks
What is
projecting expressions
allowing actors to play multiple roles
and allowing actors to play as different genders?
The only ones involved in theater production on and off stage were...
Who are men?
The purpose of Skene in plays
What is a changing area or background for plays?
During the Festival of Dionysus, these 3 kinds of plays were shown
What are tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays?
Two groups of people who were NOT allowed to participate in theater
What are women and slaves?
The mechane crane was used to lower...
What are gods or important figures?
The religious prizes people won from City Dionysia
What are animal sacrifices and ivy wreaths?
The number of actors allowed onstage at a time
What are 3 actors?
The parodoi were two passageways used by actors that showed...
What is the movement of characters from place to place?
This festival is what connected Dionysus to plays
What is City Dionysia?
The average theater held a capacity of...
What is 14,000 people?
In Medea, the device that helps Medea get carried away is a
What is a Mechane Crane?
Tragedy and comedy were represented by which two masks, respectively
What is Tragedy-melpomene and Comedy-Thalia
Two types of people you could expect in the audience
Who are
major politicians
major generals
priests
scoundrels
swags
rabble-rousers
personal enemies
friends and family?
According to the grammarian Pollux, Parodoi often represented travel between...
What is the city/harbor and the countryside?