History of Ancient Greek Drama
Greek Actors
Greek Theatre
Greek Masks and Structure of Greek Theatre
Greek Religion
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The origins of drama can be found here.
What is Athens, Greece
100
These people were prohibited from acting because Greek society was male-dominated.
What are women?
100
This is a technological breakthrough created by the Greeks.
What is theatre?
100
These are the four functions of the Greek Mask. (List two)
What are megaphone, identification, ease in changing roles, and ability to take on the role of a specific character?
100
This is how Greek religion was shared.
What is telling folk tales?
200
An annual festival of dances and songs performed in the honor of the god Dionysus.
What is Dionysia?
200
Participating in Greek drama and performing in the chorus was considered ____________________.
What is a citizen's public duty?
200
The theatre was meant to honor this God.
Who is Dionysus?
200
Where the chorus performed.
What is an orchestra?
200
This is where the Greek Gods live.
What is Mt. Olympus?
300
One actor and a chorus of people who helped tell the story are known as the first __________.
What are plays performed?
300
In order to become an actor, you must train in _____________.
What is the art of public speaking?
300
The first theatre was located here.
What is Epidaurus?
300
Acting area or stage.
What is proscenium?
300
People got answers to their questions from this person.
What is the oracle?
400
This eventually came about when a man in a competition recited poetry as if he was the character whose lines he was reading.
What is acting?
400
These are the privileges of an actor. (Name two)
What are respect and being exempt from military duty?
400
The theatre in Epidaurus could fit this many people.
What is 14,00?
400
A building used as an area into which actors could exit the scene to change costumes and masks.
What is a skene?
400
People would build these places as homes for the gods.
What are temples?
500
This is important to Greeks because it was their way of investigating the world they lived in, and what it meant to be human.
What is drama?
500
Due to limited mobility from their attire, actors had to use this remedy when on stage.
What are broad, sweeping gestures to signify emotions, and/or beating the breast and tearing clothes to indicate mourning and grief?
500
The theatre had this feature that is considered amazing for the time period.
What is perfect acoustics?
500
Seating area built into hillside in the shape of a horseshoe.
What is theatron?
500
This is the reason that Temples are different than Churches.
What is church being a place of worship?
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