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Amphitheatres
Dionysus
Playwrights
Greek Tragedies
Other
100
The largest amphitheaters could seat approximately how many people?
20,000
100
Was the god of ______?
Wine and Fertility
100
In what year did Thespis step out of the chorus?
534 BC
100
"Tragedy" comes from the word "Tragoidia" which means what?
Goat Song
100
What did the Greeks use as a megaphone?
A mask!
200
Amphitheaters were built into hills near what?
Temples
200
Name the party held each spring in his honor.
City of Dionysia
200
Who added the 2nd actor?
Aeschylus.
200
In Greek Tragedies the death and violence occur where?
Offstage
200
What is a Satyr Play?
Comedic relief after a tragedy.
300
Define "Orchestra" and "Theatron" as they relate to Amphitheaters.
Dancing place and Seeing Place
300
A hymn-like song and dance sung in honor of Dionysus is what?
Dithyramb
300
Who added a 3rd actor and fixed the chorus at 15 members?
Sophocles
300
Greek Tragedies have a late "Point of Attack". What does that mean?
The play starts late in the story.
300
Name a Greek Comedy.
Lysistrata
400
Define "Skene" and "Parados" as they relate to Greek Amphitheaters.
Tent/backstage and long ramps
400
Dionysus was raised by whom?
Satyrs
400
Name a Comedic Playwright from Ancient Greece
Aristophanes
400
Put the following in the correct order: Prologue, Exodos, Parodos, Episodes
Prologue, Parodos, Episodes, Exodos
400
What year was comedy accepted into the City Dionysia?
487 BC
500
What is the "Thymele" and where is it located?
Alter, on the orchestra.
500
What is another name for Dionysus?
Bacchas
500
Name the play about the woman who killed her kids and tell me the playwright.
Medea by Euripides.
500
Who married his mother and killed his father?
Oedipus
500
Who was the first person to use scenic painting?
Sophocles.