greek tragedy/drama

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