Oedipus
Theatre Conventions
Theatre History
Theater Architecture
People and Places
100

The king at the end of the story

Who is Creon

100

The people who were not allowed to perform in the greek theatre

Who is Women

100

The first type of play to be performed, often performed in trilogy

What is Tragedy

100
The location of Greek Theatres within a city

What is a hillside

100

The god of theatre, wine, and fertility that was honored during the festival of theatre

Who is Dionysus

200

The queen, also the protagonist’s mother

Who is Jocasta

200

The amount of Actors allowed on stage at one time

What is Three

200

This group represented the thoughts and commentary of the people

What is the Chorus

200

The stage of a Greek Theater

What is the Orchestra

200

The patron goddess of the capital of Greece

Who is Athena

300

The former king, also the protagonist’s father

Who is Laius

300
The amount of people in the Chorus
What is 15
300

The theatrical device of inserting a god character into a scene to save the day

What is “Deus Ex Machina”

300
The structure behind the stage where actors changed costumes

What is the Skene

300

The name of the first known actor

Who is Thespis

400

The name of the city where the tragedy takes place

What is Thebes

400

The hat worn by actors in Greek theatre

What is Onkus

400

The materials used to make up Greek masks

What is organic materials (hair, leather, paper)

400

The area of the theatre where the audience sits

What is the Theatron

400

Writers of Comedy

Who are Aristophanes and Menander

500

The writer of the tragedy Oedipus

Who is Sophocles

500

The shoes worn by actors in Greek Theatre

What is Cothurnus
500

A Choral hymn that honored the gods

What is a Dithyramb

500
The part of the theater where the audience would enter and exit, and the actors could hide from the audience
What is the Parados
500
Writers of Tragedies

 Who are Sophocles and Euripides

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