History of Greek Theatre- Caleb AW
Across
- 3. is a greek word for a king who did not inherit their throne but had taken it.
- 5. hut or tent used as a place to change costumes and masks for actors
- 6. how speech reveals character
- 8. a Greek verb meaning to do or to
- 12. place of seeing
- 13. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual.
- 14. placed in the middle of the orchestra also called an alter
- 16. is the earliest know playwriter and actor
- 17. come from the greek word theatron
- 19. a man of noble stature, one who has a greatness about him. He is not an ordinary man
- 20. wrote around 123 plays, only 7 of which survive.
- 22. the entrance of the chorus, and then several episodes separated by choral odes.
- 24. the word derived from his name, is still used to refer to actors today
- 26. something to shock the audience
- 27. the seeing space of a movie theatre
- 28. the arrangements of the events in the play
- 30. was a monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes.
- 31. a fault of character such as pride or jealousy
Down
- 1. a flat terrace below the slope served as the what also is a dancing space.
- 2. was the first great theorist of dramatic art who defined the word tragedy in his work poetics
- 4. was a religious and civic celebration here theatrical performances were given as offerings to dinoysus.
- 7. lived during the 5th century Athens era they are considered the father of western philosophy
- 9. the god of wine and fertility
- 10. the word chorus in greek means what
- 11. A very wealthy Greek city had approximately 250,000-300,000 people
- 15. performed by large choruses
- 18. support the plot their motivation drives the play
- 21. songs
- 23. actors,chorus,supernumeraries, musicians
- 25. song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
- 29. usage of words to express thought