History of Greek Theatre-Leo Davis-Ding

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  1. 3. Usage of words to express thought
  2. 5. first of the four categories
  3. 6. when the first recorded theatrical event was
  4. 8. Song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
  5. 9. where the best seat was located that was reserved for the Priest of Dionysus Eleutherios.
  6. 13. this is what the skene is decorated in
  7. 14. the first winner of the best tragedy contest
  8. 17. had approximately 250,000 to 300,000 people
  9. 19. which means place of seeing
  10. 21. was a hut or tent on the opposite side of the audience
  11. 22. wrote around 123 plays
  12. 23. third of the four categories
  13. 27. Characters support the plot. Their motivation drives the play.
  14. 28. second of the four categories
  15. 29. the person who wrote the Iliad and the odyssey
  16. 30. Dionysus is the god of this and fertility
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  1. 1. comes from the Greek verb meaning to do or to act
  2. 2. greek plays usually take place here
  3. 3. Greek drama was presented at festivals honoring this god
  4. 4. How speech reveals character
  5. 7. where the major festival was held
  6. 10. was circular and 65ft in diameter
  7. 11. the word chorus in greek means this
  8. 12. this was placed in the middle of the orchestra
  9. 15. The arrangements of the events in the play
  10. 16. a blank could play several roles
  11. 18. fourth of the four categories
  12. 20. in the western world can be traced back to ancient Greece
  13. 24. all the performers except musicians wore this
  14. 25. the first great theorist of dramatic art, who defined the word tragedy in his work Poetics.
  15. 26. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual.