Explain the Unexplainable
Who denied Echo when she tried to get someone to love her?
Narcissus
What type of plays were performed during religious ceremonies
Greek plays in honor of the god of wine.
When and where did the Greek theatre come from?
5th century B.C.
Greece
What are the portions of the stage where actors perform and include 1-3 doors in and out
Skene
Who is the god of war?
Ares
What was the only thing that remained when she was denied?
her voice
What did the word tragedy mean in a Greek play?
Where did the people come from?
thousands of inhabited islands and democratic mountain ranges
What is the "dancing place" where chorus sang to the audience
the orchestra
Who is the god of the sun and music?
Apollo
What was the purpose to justify religious practices?
to worship Dionysian, god of grapes, vegetation, and wine
where and how were the dramas performed?
in an amphitheater with a chorus-describes cost of the actions, with tragedy first and comedy later
what was also found in Greece?
cemocracy
What is the seating for the audience called?
Theatron
The messenger of the gods
Hermes
What was the purpose of giving credibility to leaders?
to create family trees and made up ideas that were related to gods and then were demigods
why were the mask worn?
for visibility, acoustic assistance, few actors with many roles, and characterization
Patriarchal
When is this quiz?
April 16th
God of wine and partying?
Dionysus
what was the purpose of giving hope?
the priest or priestess would send a message to the gods from mortals and they would sacrifice and pray to Oracle
who were the Greek writers?
Aeschylus- Seven Against and Thebes (tragedy)
Sophocles- Antigone (tragedy)
Euripides- Medea (tragedy)
Aristophities- The Clouds ( comedy)
What practice began in Greece with the Socrates, Platos, and the Aristotle?
Philosophy
What is the name of the state that grows peaches?
Georgia
Who is the goddess of harvest?
Demeter