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