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The belief in many gods.
Polytheism.
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A group of people who speak or sing in unison in a classical Greek play.
The Chorus.
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In Greek myths, the____ plays the MAIN character.
Protagonist.
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Actors wore this on their faces during the play to express emotion.
Mask.
200
True or False. Women were allowed to perform onstage in Ancient Greek theater.
False.
400
The FRUIT in Ancient Greece that the people used to make wine.
Grapes.
400
The first actor in Greek drama.
Thespis.
400
The character who opposes the main character/protagonist in a Greek myth.
Antagonist.
400
Material used in costumes to make the actor appear larger.
Padding.
400
Sing a line from a Justin Bieber song.
400
The God of wine and fertility.
Dionysus.
400
The chorus was also called ____ which meant "goat dancers". (The term Tragedy also comes from this.)
Tragos.
400
The ending of a play where the characters tell the audience the "moral" of the play.
Exodus.
400
Masks were commonly made out of ____.
Wood.
400
The Roman name for Dionysus.
Bacchus.
600
Ancient Greece was an ____ society, in which they depended mostly on agriculture to live.
Agrarian.
600
The first theaters were built into _____ so that the audience could sit
A Hillside or Mountain.
600
The most popular form of plays that told legends and myths about Gods and well-known people. (Hint: Usually the MAIN character dies in this kind of play.)
Tragedy.
600
The type of shoes actors wore onstage.
Platform or Elevated shoes.
600

What does "B.C.E" mean?

Before Common Era.

1000
The animal commonly sacrificed as a part of Ancient Greek rituals.
Goat.
1000

The theatres built into hillsides are called this.

Amphitheater

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This term describes a God often lowered onto the stage when a solution was need in a Greek drama. (Hint: "God from the machine" )
Deus ex machina.
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Masks helped the actors to be heard I front of a very large audience. Masks had ___-like structures built into the mouth.
Megaphone.
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Name ONE playwright from Ancient Greek History.
Sophocles, Aristophanes, Euripides, Aeschylus.
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