Greek Theatre Origins
This was the biggest theatre gathering in Ancient Greece.
Festival of Dionysus.
This type of theatre is in the open air with descending seating
Amphitheatre
He is known as the "father of comedy"
Aristophones
This word means "A Place of Seeing" and is where the audience sat.
Theatron
What happened to Greek Gods and Goddesses
They changed them into Roman Gods and Goddesses
He was known as the first actor.
Thespis
The material masks were made of
Stiffened linen
He is known as the father of Tragedy
Aeschylus
The lower area of the Greek stage where actors performed.
The Orkhestra
This invention allowed for the building of bigger structures
The arch
This was the city in Greece where the arts flourished and the acropolis was built.
Athens
This was built into some masks to amplify sound
Megaphone
This playwright focused on inner lives and motivations of characters, and made heroes as ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
Euripedes
The place where actors could store their masks and enter on and off stage.
The Orkhestra
Theatres became this type of structure.
Colloseums
When a god is lowered into a play from a crane to resolve conflict
Dues Ex Machina
These had large mouth and eye openings with dramatic expressions to help transform actors into characters that could be seen from far away.
This playwright added the third character, and was famous for writing Oedipus and Antigone.
Sophocles
These were aisles that actors and performers could enter onto the Orkhestra from
Parados
These activities were performed in colosseums
Gladiatorial games, chariot races, wild animal hunts, circuses, and executions
These are the three units of drama
place, time and action
A rolling platform used to reveal something that happened off stage
Ekkyklema
This type of play shows shrewd commentary on society, sometimes to a humorous effect.
Satyre
This is an altar that stayed on the orkhestra
Thymele
With the rise of this religion, anti pagean policies were put into place and theatre began to decline.
Christianity