Conventions
Used to differentiate between characters and amplify sound
What are Masks?
Origin of the word "scene", the two story structure at the back of the theater where the actors changed masks and costumes
What is Skene?
The name of the book he wrote about dramatic theory
What is the Poetics
The Greek god of wine and theater
Dionysus
Chorus was dressed as half-men/half-goat, very crude and comical plays
What are Satyr plays
Body stockings, wigs, and masks were used to help the make actors portray who?
What are women/ female characters
Where is chorus sang, danced, and performed
What is the Orchestra?
What are the 6 elements of tragedy
The chorus leaders and sponsors
What is the choregoi
Wrote Oedipus Rex
Sophocles
What is the Chorus?
The name for the seating area where the audience was
What is the theatron/cavea
emotional release; Aristotle believed that people felt this at a play and were better citizens because of it
What is catharsis
How many plays did a playwright present?
4 total: 3 tragedies, 1 comedy
Who was Oedipus's mother
Who is Jocasta
Platform shoes used to make actors appear taller
What are buskins
The rotating set piece that would show different backgrounds
What is the periacktoi
action, place, and time
What are the three unities
an ancient Greek hymn, often crude and comical, sung and danced in honor of Dionysus. Often sung in a procession
What is a Dithyramb
the only surviving trilogy, written by Aeschylus
What is the Oresteia
Ancient Greeks used _____ ______ _______ gestures in their acting style
what is large simple physical gestures
"behind the skene"; where actors made entrances out of the skene
What is the paraskenia
a character trait that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero
What is a tragic flaw
the first actor, origin of the word "thespian"
The playwright with the most surviving plays
Who is Euripides