Greek Theatre Crossword
Across
- 3. an actor
- 6. originally an altar on the orchestra
- 7. a crane that lifted the “gods” from the scene onto the theologion.
- 9. the area directly in front of the scene where the actors would perform
- 13. upper and lower levels of the Koilon
- 14. the flat roof of the scene, reserved for actors playing gods
- 16. a Greek playwright who wrote comedies, including The Birds.
- 17. a temporary enclosure with doors
- 18. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including The Suppliants.
- 19. two prismatic pillars, one stage left, one stage right
Down
- 1. were used during the performances. They were kept inside the scene
- 2. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies
- 4. the first playwright to win the contest at the Dionysian festival in 534 B.C
- 5. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including Medea
- 8. literally “god from the machine”.
- 10. were aisles that actors would use to enter if they were supposed to be coming from outside
- 11. Greek God of wine and fertility that was honored in an annual festival
- 12. the auditorium of the Greek theatre
- 15. a round floor on ground level at the bottom of a hill