The city that was the main center for the Greek Dionysian festivals and drama.
What is Athens?
100
This group of men often represented the townspeople and commented on the action of characters in a Greek play.
What is the chorus?
100
The viewing place or audience area in a Greek theatre.
What is the theatron?
200
These were short plays performed between the acts or tragedies. They made fun of the plight of the tragedy's characters.
What is a satyr play?
200
The first playwright and founder of Greek drama.
Who is Aeschylus?
200
This is the festival where theatre really originated.
What is City Dionysia.
200
This is one reason why actors wore masks.
What is:
-Visibility and characterization
- Sound assistance
- Lack of actors?
200
The passageways where chorus and audience made their entrances and exits.
What is the parados?
300
This type of comedy made fun of political figures.
What is old comedy?
300
He hadded the third actor and was known for his superb plot construction.
Who is Sophocles?
300
Another word for actor.
What is thespian.
300
This is one purpose for the chorus.
What is
-Gave background info
-Commented on the action
-Interacted with the characters
-Described offstage action
-Ideal spectator
-Provide spectacle ?
300
The wagon that would be wheeled out on stage to reveal a character that had been killed off stage.
What is the ekkyklema?
400
This type drama dealt with love, loss, pride, the abuse of power and the fraught relationships between men and gods.
What is tragedy?
400
He was the most "modern" of the three Greek playwrights.
Who is Euripides?
400
The god of wine, revelry and fertility.
Who is Dionysus.
400
This was the guy who was the producer of hte plays and paid for all the major expenses of a production.
What is the choregus?
400
A triangular stage device which consisted of three painted falts hinged together, each showing a different scene.
What is the periaktoi?
500
The opening scene of a Greek tragedy that sets the action and provides background information.
What is the prologos?
500
He was the first play critic.
Who is Aristotle?
500
This guy is credited with developing the dithyrammb into a formalized narrative sung by the chorus.
Who is Arion?
500
This guy was the choral trainer.
What is the chorodidaskalos?
500
An alter- served as a reminder that Greek drama was part of religious rituals.