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Playwrights
Greek Theatre
Costumes and Props
Oedipus the King
Legacy
100
Sophocles was this type of playwright
What is a tragedian?
100
Greek theatre started around this time
What is around 600 BCE?
100
Actors wore this as part of a costume and it doubled as a mic
What is a mask?
100
Oedipus means ...
What is swollen feet?
100
Actors won these like we do today
What are prizes?
200
Oedipus at Colonus was written by this tragedian
Who is Sophocles?
200
Men portrayed women with this
What are masks?
200
A skeuopoios was a person that makes ...
Who is a props-maker?
200
Oedipus the King has a sequel called ...
What is Oedipus at Colonus?
200
The era ended here
What is around 1 CE?
300
Lysistrata was written by this playwright
Who is Aristophanes?
300
The theatre was built onto ...
What is the slope on a hill?
300
Props can also represent this
What is symbolism?
300
Oedipus was written by this tragedy playwright
Who is Sophocles?
300
Greek structures based this
What are arenas?
400
Name three playwrights who were tragedians
Who are Sophocles, Aeschylus, and Euripides?
400
Seating was arranged not by how much you pay but...
What is your ranking?
400
Actors wore different costumes depending on what type of play it is. For example, actors wore these to symbolize a tragedy play.
What are buskins (raised platform shoes)
400
His parents did not want him for this reason
What is the prophecy?
400
We use elements like these in our plays today
What is tragedy or comedy?
500
Sophocles wrote multiple plays, such as ...
What is Antigone, Electra, or Ajax?
500
Dionysus was celebrated by festivals around this many times after a performance
What is around 4 festivals?
500
The actors changed in this hut called a ...
What is a skene?
500
His mom hung herself after finding out the prophecy was true and she would marry her son. Oedipus also did something harmful to this part of his body
What is stabbing his eyes out?
500
The Greeks stared this to honor a play
What are festivals?