History of the Greek theater
Across
- 1. Usage of words to express thought
- 4. Thespis was the first winner. He is the earliest known playwright and actor. The word thespian,
- 5. How speech reveals character
- 9. The slope of the hill served as the
- 10. Characters support the plot. Their motivation drives the play
- 13. Something to shock the audience
- 16. two key influences on Greek drama were the
- 18. greek drama was presented at festivals honoring the god
- 20. was the first great theorist of dramatic art
- 22. imitation of an action
- 24. The word in Greek means dance.
- 25. is the origin of our word scene.
Down
- 2. A flat terrace below the slope served as the
- 3. arousing pity and fear,wherewith to accomplish a
- 6. performers in Greek theater can be divided into
- 7. The word comes the the Greek word theatron, which means place of seeing
- 8. This rule did not restrict the number of roles to three,because a single actor could play several roles.
- 11. comes from the Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act.”
- 12. Song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
- 14. The arrangements of the events in the play
- 15. a religious and civic celebration
- 17. performed by large choruses.
- 19. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat
- 21. In the middle of the orchestra was placed a
- 23. A very wealthy city