Greek Theatre
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- 3. Passageways or aisle’s .
- 6. Means “Dancing Place”. Where the chorus sang and danced to the audience.
- 8. The First Theatre Critic. Wrote "The Poetics-- a critical essay on Greek Tragedy.
- 9. Acting without words.
- 12. Greek festival which lasted 5-6 days and was meant to honor the god Dionysus.
- 15. Greek Goddess of War and Wisdom. Athens is named after her.
- 16. Hymns sung to honor Dionysus.
- 18. Half man, half goat.
- 19. Known as the first Actor.
- 21. Aristophanes and Menander were Greek playwrights who wrote this genre of play.
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- 1. Actors would play multiple roles. They would put on one of these to depict a new character.
- 2. Greek genre of theatre that was highly sexual and crude in nature and ridiculed gods and heroes.
- 4. An ankle-length or knee-length garment worn by Greek actors.
- 5. Means "seeing place". The Seating area for the audience.
- 7. A large outdoor theatre that was built on hillsides and held 15,000 to 20,000 people.
- 10. Greek genre of theatre where characters struggle against hostile forces and end in defeat and ultimately death.
- 11. A group of 12-15 men who sang and danced. They helped to tell the story and served as social commentators for the production.
- 13. Famous Greek tragedy written by Sophocles.
- 14. A building behind the playing area that was originally used for changing masks and costumes but eventually became an elevated performance surface.
- 16. Greek god of wine, fertility, ecstasy and theatre.
- 17. An actor or actress. Named after Thespis.
- 19. Aeschylus, Eripides and Sophocles were Greek playwrights who wrote this genre of play.
- 20. Season in which the City Dionysia took place.