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  1. 2. A light and humorous drama with a happy ending.
  2. 4. Ancient Greek writer of comedies.
  3. 5. The god of wine and fertility.
  4. 6. Actors
  5. 7. The tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles.
  6. 9. the daughter of King Oedipus who disobeyed her father and was condemned to .
  7. 10. Poetics A critical essay written by Aristotle on tragedy.
  8. 11. The large circular acting area located at the foot of the hillside in a Greek theater.
  9. 14. A play intended for performance by actors on a stage. The word means "to do".
  10. 16. An ankle-length or knee-length garment worn by Greek actors.
  11. 17. A stage building that served as dressing rooms during Greek dramatic productions.
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  1. 1. A company of actors who comment (by speaking or singing in unison) on the action in a classical Greek play.
  2. 3. An ancient Greek writer of comedies. He wrote "The Curmudgeon", the only surviving example of new comedy.
  3. 4. A great Greek philosopher and teacher who wrote "The Poetics", a critical essay on Greek tragedy.
  4. 8. Play A special type of play that made fun of Greek Legends. We get our word satire from this.
  5. 12. A wealthy patron who had to pay for the costs of producing a play.
  6. 13. Drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites or pity.
  7. 15. The first actor who spoke alone.