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Terminology
Staging
Masks
Audience
Relationships
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Where does the chorus perform during the play?
Orchestra Pit
100
Where did the main characters of the plays act?
On raised stages near the skene
100
Give one characteristic of how a Young Man's mask would look?
graceful, pale, common curled or horrid
100
How many Athenians were present at the plays?
14,000 or more
100
What are the plays/stories usually based on?
The Gods
200
What is the name of the viewing place?
Theatron
200
What provided the flat performance space for the actors?
Roads that widened from below the hills and from open ground at the hills base
200
The slave's mask has a peaked-beard, its leathern, and lastly it has a...?
Flat Nose
200
Where did the people of the tribal neighborhoods sit?
In the 3rd section
200
True or False: "Everybody" in society had to attend the plays
False: Only males were allowed to attend
300
What is the Skene?
The place actors came from and retired to, wooden scene building used as a dressing room
300
Who were the temples near the amphitheatre dedicated to?
Dionysis and other gods
300
Which mask has characteristics such as being usually Middle Aged, Leathern, Pale-Disheveled, Pale Middle Aged, Whorish-Disheveled, Virgin?
The Women's mask
300
Who sat in the prohedria?
Priests, generals, politicians, honorees, foreign dignitaries
300
The ancient citizens of Greece would sacrifice and pray to an __________ as a source of hope, which is one of the main characters of the play.
An Oracle
400
What are the two parados on either side of the orchestra pit?
They are passageways for actors
400
What did the roads leading to the theatre have in honor of athletes, actors, etc.?
Inscribed stone markers
400
Describe the looks of a Old Man's mask. (3 characteristics needed)
Smooth-Faced, White, Grizzled, Black-Haired, Flaxen and More Flaxen
400
Why did Athenian politicians schedule the Dionysia after winter storms had ended?
So that foreign visitors could attend
400
The audiences feel ‘___________’ after each of the plays as a release of emotion that are therefore affected by the plays seen.
‘Catharsis’
500
What is the thymele?
Sacrifice area in the middle of the orchestra
500
What was the purpose of this type of staging?
For scenes in which two or more characters “faced off” in front of an involved audience
500
State TWO reason why Masks were used in Greek Theatre?
1. Visibility 2. Acoustic Assistance 3. Few Actors, Many Roles 4. Characterization
500
How are the expectations of the Athenian audiences different from that of modern audiences?
Athenian audiences expected a very religious experience
500
The first ever plays (climax) in fact are a product of ________ _________, which is what they use to please the gods.
Religious Worship or Religious Sacrifice