Greek actors wore masks to show facial expression.
What did the actors wear to show facial expression for people who are sitting in the back of theater?
The type of plays Aristophanes wrote.
What are Comedies?
philosophers wanted to cause what feeling when watching these plays?
This is where the audience sits.
What is a Theatron?
God of Theater
Who was Dionysus?
Chiton
What was the primary garment Greek actors wore?
The first actor in a play.
Who was Thespis?
Socrates
Who was the most famous philosopher in Athens?
The dressing room.
What is a Skene?
They sang Choral Songs dedicated to and inspired by Dionysus
What were the Dithyrambs?
This is what comedy and tragedy actors wear.
Comedy - Short & exaggerated Costumes with bright colors
Tragedy - Long Dark cloaks and tunics?
The Three Great Tragedians.
Who were Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides?
Aristocles
What was Plato's real name?
Parados
What is the exit/entrance used by actors and chorus?
The Polis the Festival of Dionysia takes place
What is the Polis Athens?
male actors wore this to play female roles
They wore white colored masks and long white sleeves?
Writer of the play of Persians.
Who was Aeschylus?
Plato's student
What connection or relationship did Aristotle have with Plato?
Proskeneion
What is the building used as a backdrop?
Length of the Festival of Dionysia
When is Four Days?
Another name for the tragedy and comedy masks used in Greek theater costumes
Tragedy-Melpomene
Comedy-Thalia
The number of full surviving plays we have from Euripides
What is nineteen?
Alexander the Great
What is another name for Aristotle?
Thymele
What is the alter for Dionysus?
Polis infastructure ____ during the Festival of Dionysia
What is a city shut down?