Types of Drama
Greek People
Parts of the Theater
Performing
Special Effects
100
The two main types of Greek drama.
What is comedy and tragedy?
100
The first actor.
Who is Thepis?
100
This was built into the side of a mountain with tiered seating where the spectators sat.
What is the theatron?
100
This group of men often represented the townspeople and commented on the action of characters in a Greek play.
What is the chorus?
100
The viewing place or audience area in a Greek theatre.
What is the theatron?
200
These were short plays performed between the acts or tragedies. They made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters.
What is a satyr play?
200
The earliest known author of plays, also known as the "Father of Tragedy."
Who is Aeschylus?
200

A circular and level space where the chorus would  dance, sing, and interact with the actors who were on the stage near the skene.

What is the orchestra?
200
This is one reason why actors wore masks.
What is: -Visibility and characterization - Sound assistance - Lack of actors?
200
The passageways where chorus and audience made their entrances and exits.
What is the parados?
300
This type of drama often had a redeeming or "happy" ending.
What is comedy?
300
He is often referred to as the "greatest playwright of all time" besides Shakespeare.
Who is Sophocles?
300

The paths by which the chorus and some actors made their entrances and exits. The audience also used them to enter and exit the theater before and after the performance.

What is the parados?
300
This is one purpose for the chorus.
What is -Gave background info -Commented on the action -Interacted with the characters -Described offstage action -Ideal spectator -Provide spectacle ?
300
The wagon that would be wheeled out on stage to reveal a character that had been killed off stage.
What is the ekkyklema?
400
This type drama dealt with love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and often ended with the death or downfall of the hero.
What is tragedy?
400

He originated the prologue and also wrote Medea.

Who is Euripides?
400

This was directly in back of the stage, and was usually decorated as a palace, temple, or other building, depending on the needs of the play.

What is the skene.
400
This was the guy who was the producer of hte plays and paid for all the major expenses of a production.
What is the choregus?
400
A triangular stage device which consisted of three painted falts hinged together, each showing a different scene.
What is the periaktoi?
500
The opening scene of a Greek tragedy that sets the action and provides background information.
What is the prologue?
500
He is the only playwright whose comedic works still exist in whole today.
Who is Aristophanes?
500

This theater was built in the shadow of the Acropolis in Athens at the beginning of the 5th century.

What is the Theater of Dionysus. 
500
This guy was the choral trainer.
What is the chorodidaskalos?
500
An alter- served as a reminder that Greek drama was part of religious rituals.
What is the thymele?
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