History of Greek Theater- Miles

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