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Greek Vocab
Theater history 1
Theater History 2
Theater History 3
100

The Greek father of tragedy.

Who is aeschylus?

100

A Greek tool was used as a backdrop and a changing room.

What is a skene?

100

The Greek god that they named their theater after.

Who is Dionysus.

100

The name of their theater.

What is the Dionysus theater?

100

Euripides wrote 90 plays but only __ survived.

Did only 18 of Euripides's plays survive?

200

One of the only Greek comedic playwrights.

Who is Aristophanes?
200

Someone who writes plays.

What is a playwright?

200

Dionysus was the Greek god of...

Was Dionysus the Greek god of wine, fertility, and theater?

200

Where all of the muscians and chorus stayed.

What is the orchestra?

200
Most Greek plays were..

Were most Greek plays used by the Romans?

300

A greek playwright that focused more on human emotions, particularly womens.

Who is Euripides?

300
A grouping of three plays that are all part of the same story.

What is a trilogy?

300

Why Euripides wasn't appreciated in his time.

Was Euripides too modern for his time.

300

The people that kept the audience informed.

What is a chorus?

300

Euripides didn't gain full appreciation until

Did he die?

400

One of Sophocles's only surviving plays.

What is Oedipus Rex?

400

What Greek actors used to depict characters.

What are masks?

400

Sophocles view on human fate was different because...

Did Sophocles plays give the Greek gods less power?

400

The word tragedy comes from

What is a goat song?

400

One of Aeschylus's plays was

What is the "Libation Bearers"

500

A Greek Playwright that believed that people could change their fates? 

Who is Sophocles?

500

A crane like structure that is used to depict god characters.

What is a Machina?
500

The first actor.

Who is Thespis?

500

How Thespis became the first actor.

Did Thespis walk out of the chorus and use dialogue?

500

Aeschylus's only surviving trilogy

What is Orestela?

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