The chorus performed in the area called the
blocks
stage
orchestra
pit
What is the orchestra?
100
When did the festival for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and theater start?
What is 534 B.C.
100
A set of three plays, that are connected by either character or theme is called this
What is trilogy
100
The costumes of the Greek theater were called what
What is a tunic
200
This onstage wall provided a place for actors to enter and exit and change their masks...
flat
scene
skene
fleen
What is a skene?
200
Women did not start attending the theater until this date
What is the 4th century B.C.
200
a group of chanters called a chorus sing a song entitled this about the exploits of a god or hero.
What is tragos or goat song.
200
This was worn over the face of the actor with over top eyes and mouths so the audience could see what emotions their characters were at the time.
What is a mask
300
The side entrance for the orchestra is called the .
Vomitorium
Theatron
Parados
Hubris
What is Parados?
300
This date is when the Romans took over did the Greek Empire
What is 146 B.C.?
300
This term was a device that was used in the theater for different reasons, the stage wagon could be used for battles, to bringing on and off set pieces.
What is a ekkyklema
300
This is when historians say that theater actually started
What is the cave men days?
400
This scenic element allowed the Greeks to show different scenes on two or three-sided flats
skene
periaktoi
cavea
theatron
What is periaktoi?
400
This Greek play wright wrote more than one hundred plays only seven of them have survived to this day, one of his most famous plays is called ‘Oedipus Rex’.
Who is Sophocles?
400
This term is an element in drama that arouses feelings of pity and compassion in an audience.
What is Pathos
400
This is the Greek god of lightning who is the king of the gods
Who is Zeus?
500
Literally translated from the Greek term, the device meaning "god out of the machine," is a crane like device that allows actors to appear as if they were flying
What is mekhane.
500
This other well known Greek play write wrote 92 plays.
Who is Euripides
500
This term means excessive pride, this term was commonly used to describe the Greek hero's
What is Hubris
500
This is the name of the guy who is said to have won the first theater festival.