People
Greek God of theater and wine?
Dionysus
Place in which a play is performed?
Theater
Meaning and Translation of Theater
The Seeing Place
Another word for actor and its origin?
Thespian is used to identify performers deriving from Thespis
The theoretical origin of the Greek Chorus, often times involving sacrifice
Religious rituals
first known actor
Thespis
What is the Greek origin of the word theater
seeing place
Aristotle's theory meaning purgation
Catharsis
Imitation of action that is serious, complete and of a certain magnitude
Dithyrambs
He wrote the first substantial work of literary criticism
Aristotle wrote The Poetics
comedy festival
Lanaea
Tragedy derives from these words?
Goat and Song
What is one of the most popular rituals involving a wild choral hymn that eventually evolved into theater?
Dithyrambs
Aristotle's three main elements of a tragic plot
Reversal, Recognition and Suffering
He wrote Cyclops, the only complete surviving satyr play
Euripides
The Greek Chorus performed here
Orchestra
the earliest surviving work of Greek dramatic theory
The Poetics
reversal of circumstances/fortune in Greek
Peripetia
the idea that theater may originate from games and the playful instincts of humankind is called
Ludic Impulse
He united and strengthened Athens by expanding spring festival and turned Athens into Dionysia
Peisistratus
three levels to the skene
orchestra, the lowest level (ground), the logeion (2nd level), and the theologeion (upper most level)
The Greek word for frailty
Hamartia
Their job was to assemble the chorus, hire the flute player, and buy the masks or any other set furniture, like bed or throne
Choregos
an in-built desire to imitate, to act, and to pretend
what is a mimetic impulse