This word comes from the Greek word "dran," meaning to do.
What is drama?
100
This man wrote Oedipus Rex, he also added more actors to his plays and won many competitions.
Who is Sophocles?
100
The theatron or viewing space was usually located near or on this physiographic landmark.
What is a hillside?
100
A type of Greek theater that uses of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
What is a satire?
100
The first part of a Greek tragedy.
What is the prologue?
200
The oldest type of drama that was invented by Thespis in 534 B.C.
What is tragedy?
200
This greek playwright was the first to naturalize his characters and create stronger character personalities.
Who is Euripides?
200
It used to serve as a backstage, but as the structure of the Greek theater grew more elaborate, it became a backdrop.
What is a Skene?
200
Dramatic work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone and that usually contains a happy resolution of the thematic conflict
What is comedy?
200
The final scene where the chorus exists singing a song.
What is the exodus?
300
This was the admission price to watch the Greek plays.
What is free?
300
This playwright survived after the Peloponessian War and helped develop and influence Greek comedies- which served as a slander against many famous Greeks
Who is Aristophanes?
300
These are walkways or long ramps that the chorus entered the stage on; it is also called an eisodo.
What are pardos?
300
The ancient greek theater influenced the modern day theather by having this.
What is Theater in the Round- actors surrounded by a large audience?
300
The most important part of Greek costumes.
What is the mask?
400
This was the start to Greek theater and it honored the gods in March or the month of Elaphebolion.
What are festivals of Dionysus?
400
This man was known as "The Father of Tragedies" and wrote the play Orestia.
Who is Aeschylus?
400
The middle, circular section of the stage literally means “dancing space”, and the chorus would sing and dance here.
What is the orchestra?
400
These are a form of Greek tragedy that helped people learn how to be a proper citizen and human.
What are morals?
400
Three were only used in a play.
What are actors?
500
This man believed that the plot, character, theme, music, scenery, and diction were the main elements of drama.
Who is Aristotle?
500
This comic playwright admired Euripides and was quoted by Julius Caesar before crossing the Ruebicon and starting a civil war?
Who is Menander?
500
The most famous theater in Athens.
What is Dionysus?
500
The word "Thespians" was named after him because he was one of the founders of Greek Drama. .
Who is Thespis?
500
This is the number of the categories of Greek plays.
What is four - Satire, Comedy, Tragedy, Tragicomedy?