Greek Playwrights
The Greek playwright who criticized politicians through "Old Comedy"
Who is Aristophanes?
The name for a Greek theater
What is an amphitheater?
What Greek actors wear to portray character
What are masks?
The most important part of Aristotle's tragic structure
What is plot?
The Greek God of Theatre
Who is Dionysus?
The "father of tragedy" who added the second actor to Greek plays
Who is Aeschylus?
The area of the stage where the actors perform
What is the orchestra?
The group of actors that narrated the action of Greek plays
What is the chorus?
The second most important part of Aristotle's tragic structure
What is characters?
The name for when a god intervenes to save a hero in a Greek play
What is Deus Ex Machina?
The Greek playwright who wrote about more average characters and not just generals or kings in his tragedies
Who is Euripides?
The backstage area of a Greek theater
What is the skene?
The first actor
Who is Thespis?
The fifth and sixth most important parts of Aristotle's tragic structure that are interchangeable
What are spectacle and song?
What are Satyr plays?
The Greek playwright who wrote more domestic plots in "New Comedy"
Who is Menander?
The audience area of a Greek theater
What is the theatron?
The Greek word for pride
What is hubris?
The fourth most important part of Aristotle's tragic structure?
What is thought?
The word for an emotional release in Greek tragedy
What is catharsis?
The Greek playwright who added the third actor and created more complex conflicts
Who is Sophocles?
The "ish" amount of audience members in a Greek theater
What is 15,000?
A rich citizen who funds Greek plays
What is a choregos?
The third most important part of Aristotle's tragic structure
What is diction?
The city where theatre thrived in Ancient Greece and where the festivals were held
What is Athens?