History of Greek Theater- Nate Betancourt

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Across
  1. 1. altar
  2. 2. seeing space
  3. 7. facilitated rapid change of roles, made it easier for male actors to play female characters, helped the actor in assuming roles of different types
  4. 10. considered the father of Western philosophy
  5. 14. ancient Greek word for a king who did not inherit their throne, but had taken it
  6. 15. high-backed seats were reserved for ___________
  7. 18. usage of words to express thought
  8. 19. support the plot, their motivation drives the play
  9. 21. how speech reveals character
  10. 22. the god of wine and fertility, whose blessing was sought to ensure the fertility of humans and the land
  11. 24. emphasized the attempts of human characters to control their own destinies
  12. 25. comes from the Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act.”
  13. 27. in Greek means dance, main role was to sing and dance in between dramatic episodes
Down
  1. 1. comes the the Greek word theatron, which means place of seeing
  2. 3. dancing space
  3. 4. first recorded theatrical event – best tragedy contest
  4. 5. song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
  5. 6. a monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes, which was part lion, part eagle, and part woman
  6. 8. the origin of our word scene, provided a place for actors to relax or to change costumes and masks
  7. 9. a creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual
  8. 11. the first great theorist of dramatic art, who defined the word tragedy in his work Poetics
  9. 12. the arrangements of the events in the play
  10. 13. performed by large choruses
  11. 16. a religious and civic celebration where theatrical performances were given as offerings from the city to Dionysus
  12. 17. an act of injustice
  13. 20. had huge advances in philosophy, rhetoric, literature, science, architecture, and visual arts
  14. 23. something to shock the audience
  15. 26. wrote around 123 plays, only 7 of which survive