The Creation of Theatre
Dionysus
True/False: The focus of a tragedy was often on the psychological aspects of characters, not physical.
True
True/False: Comedies tended to have few characters.
False
What is one of the three purposes of the Greek Chorus?
Add background knowledge
Comment on the action/summarize
Give the protagonist advice
Persona (or Personae)
Name five of the seven symbols of Dionysus
•Grapes
•Vines
•Wine
•Thyrsus
•Figs
•Masks
•Snakes
Where did violence take place in a tragedy? (bonus points if you also include why)
Off stage (it was considered sacrilegious to perform onstage)
What is the English translation for the Greek word for young lovers?
Adolescent
Actors in Greek theater performed on the...
Orchestra
What is the Greek expression of ecstasy? (bonus points if you spell it right!)
εὐοῖ
Where did the Great Dionysia take place?
Athens
What is the thing that leads to the downfall of the tragic hero called? (bonus points if you put the name in English and in Greek!)
Fatal flaw (hamartia)
What types of plays were satyr plays typically performed with?
Tragedies
What are the two reasons actors wore masks on stage?
To "become" another person and to amplify their voices
What was the name of the space that audiences sat in the Eleuthereus?
Theatron
Roughly when was Greek theatre established?
700-500 BCE
What is the name of the full trilogy (of plays) that Agamemnon belonged to?
The Oresteia
Greek comedies tended to satirize what?
Politics in Greece
Greek name for the stock character of the tragic hero
Agonistes
Who was the first thespian?
Thespis
What were Dionysus's female followers called?
Maenad
Who was one famous tragedian playwright?
Sophocles
Aeschylus
Euripides
What is the name of the only Satyr play that has survived in its entirety?
The Cyclops
In a Greek theater, what decorated the perimeter of the stage with images of past shows and the history of Dionysus?
Friezes