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- 3. the action of marking one's pleasure at an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity.
- 5. one who acts in a play, movie, television show,
- 10. relating to drama and the theater
- 11. of or relating to a citizen
- 13. Area which plays are performed
- 14. Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act”
- 15. non-speaking extras
- 16. a society or organization founded for a religious, educational, social, or similar purpose.
- 18. presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.
- 23. a group of persons singing in unison
- 24. the study of the basic ideas about knowledge, right and wrong, reasoning, and the value of things
- 25. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat,famous for being drunk and sexual
- 26. a writer of tragedies
- 27. a day or period of celebration, typically a religious commemoration.
- 29. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
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- 1. Capital of Greece
- 2. Son in Greek mythology who was too attached and too attracted to his mother
- 4. group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
- 6. All the inhabitants of a particular area
- 7. abbreviation for Before Christ, used to show that a year or century comes before the year in which Jesus Christ is thought to have been born
- 8. place for actors to relax or to change costumes and masks
- 9. a nature god of fruitfulness and vegetation
- 12. relating to acting, actors, or the theater.
- 17. Ancient Greek poet. He was born in the ancient city of Icarius
- 18. An Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world
- 19. composer, conductor, or performer of music
- 20. Belonging to the very distant past
- 21. A Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition
- 22. the seating area section of an ancient Greek, Roman, and Byzantine theater
- 28. a story