History of Greek Theater Jemy Osorio

2. The hero’s misfortune is not totally deserved and the punishment sometimes exceeds the.
5. Greek drama was presented at festivals honoring the god
7. Introduced painted scenery and enhanced.
10. The action in Greek plays usually takes place in
11. is the origin of our word scene. It provided a place for actors to relax or to change costumes and masks.
12. The hero’s downfall is his own fault, the result of his own free.
15. Won the best playwright contest at the festival fore than any other Greek
16. Theater in the Western World can be traced back to
18. lived during this period and is considered the father of Western philosophy.
19. was the first great theorist of dramatic art, who defined the word tragedy in his work Poetics.
21. A tragic hero is a man of noble stature, one who has a greatness about him. He is not an ordinary.
23. in the middle of the orchestra was placed a orchestra as seen from the theater today, and a ceremonial alter to Dionysus.
24. Increased the number of actors in plays from two to.
26. They added color, movement, and.
27. The seat was in direct line of the god’s alter in the center of the.

1. These high-backed seats were reserved for.
3. was the god of wine and fertility
4. The major festival was the.
6. The Chorus’s main role was to sing and dance in between dramatic.
8. The slope of the hill served as the
9. The word in Greek means dance.
13. A flat terrace below the slope served as the
14. The word ____ derived from his name, is still used to refer to actors today.
17. a creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual.
20. The sphinx was a monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of.
22. Literary critics attribute the fall of the hero to a
25. opinions gave advice, and occasionally threatened to interfere in the action.