Ancient Greece
What was the capital city of the Mycenaean civilization?
What is Mycenae?
What god was honored at the festivals where Greek theater originated?
Who is Dionysus?
What term does Aristotle use to refer to the main character in a tragedy?
What is the tragic hero or protagonist?
Which conflict is known as a famous military venture of the Mycenaeans?
What is the Trojan War?
What is the term for the group of singers in Greek drama?
What is the chorus?
According to Aristotle, what is a tragic flaw that often leads to the hero's downfall?
What is hamartia?
What major event marked the beginning of the Greek Dark Ages?
What is the collapse of Mycenaean civilization?
What is a 'satyr play' in the context of Greek theater?
What is a bawdy drama performed at festivals?
What is the term for the emotional release experienced by the audience at the end of a tragedy?
What is catharsis?
Name the two most powerful city-states in Greece around 500 B.C.
What are Sparta and Athens?
What type of acting did Thespis introduce, marking the birth of drama?
What is role-playing or dialogue?
Who are considered the three masters of Greek tragedy?
Who are Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides?
Who was the Macedonian monarch that rose to power after the Peloponnesian War?
Who is Philip of Macedon?
What structure divides scenes in Greek plays?
What are odes?
What is the essential element in tragedy that involves a conflict with a rival character?
What is the antagonist?