Origins of Greek Theatre
The Greek God of Theatre
What is Dionysus?
The Festival of Dionysus was held during this season.
What is spring?
This is where the chorus performed in an outdoor amphitheater.
What is the orchestra?
According to Aristotle, tragedy must provide this emotional experience for the audience.
What is catharsis?
This playwright is known for tragedies like Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
Who is Sophocles?
The name of the very first actor who stepped out of the chorus.
Who is Thespis?
The number of plays that each playwright had to submit for the festival
What is four?
This area served as the raised stage for the main characters.
What is the proskenion?
A tragic hero must have both of these qualities.
What are high social position and a tragic flaw?
Medea and The Trojan Women were written by this tragedian.
Who is Euripides?
The name of the songs that were performed in honor of Dionysus
What are dithyrambs?
In the festival, playwrights would submit a fourth comedic play called:
What is a satyr play?
This is the term for the place where spectators sat to watch the performances.
What is the theatron?
Plays had to adhere to these three unities outlined by Aristotle.
What are unity of action, unity of time, and unity of place?
This playwright wrote comedic works such as Lysistrata and The Birds.
Who is Aristophanes?
In the earliest form of Greek theatre, this was the composition of the cast.
What is one actor and the rest as chorus?
This was the estimated number of audience members at the Festival of Dionysus.
What is 14,000?
These were the entrances and exits from offstage.
What are the parados?
Plays were written in this highest literary form.
What is poetry?
Dyskolos is a famous work by this comedic playwright.
Who is Menander?
The name of the Athens Tyrant who made the Spring Festival of Dionysus
Who is Peisistratus?
The number of actors and chorus members who would be in the cast when performing in the festival
What is 3 actors and 15 chorus members
This where the main characters would exit to change masks and re-enter
What is a Skene
Violence in Greek tragedies was handled in this way during performances.
What is happening offstage and described by messengers?
This playwright introduced painted scenery to Greek theatre.
Who is Sophocles?