Show:
Gods and Theater
Genres
What was added
Extra Credit
100

Who/what is Dionysus 

Wine and Fertility 

100

A term that refers to theater as a whole, but not a genre of show 

What is "Drama" 

100

What was a Dithyramb the first example of that was to theater going forward?  

Scripts

100

What year did the Greek Empire fall (Battle of Corinth) 

142 B.C. 

200
What is the one word you were told to know how to spell and how do you spell it? 

Dithyramb 

200
Romeo and Juliet would fall into what category of theater? 

A Tragedy 

200

Who was Thespis 

The first actor 

200

What century was Greece founded in? 

12th Century 

300

How was a Dithyramb originally performed? 

In a parade down the streets as worship 

300

What two factors does a Tragedy need to have? 

a Moral and everybody dies 

300

Why did we add Theaters? 

So people could see the whole show! 

300

Who was the last major ruler of Greece? 

Alexander the Great 

400
Why did they make Dithyrambs louder and more flashy? 

To get the attention of the gods 

400

What is a comedy? 

Anything not a tragedy 
400

Outside of theaters, actors, and scripts, what was the last thing added in this era? 

Playwrights! 

400

Why did the Greek Empire fall? 

Because they divided the kingdom after alexander's death 
500

What was in the theaters "buildings" to worship for the god(s)? 

an alter to Dionysus  

500

Name one of the plays recapped in class 

Antigone, Medea, Agamemnon 

500
How do we know Thespis was the first actor 

We have a pay stub/Contract for his services as an actor 

500

What was the Bible Story we told in class about? 

1 Kings 18. Elijah and the prophets of Ba'al