Ancient Theater of Messene

3. The scene building was destroyed in the mid 2nd to the early 4th century CE due to this
4. This is the shape of the Roman orchestra
8. The religious festival dedicated to Dionysos that involved singing, dancing, processions, and theatrical performances
9. The Greek term for the raised stage in front of the skene
10. A sung and danced hymn to Dionysos that eventually evolves into contemporary ancient Greek drama
13. How do we know what wooden theaters (and other aspects of theatrical performances that don't survive to modern day) may have looked like? (2 words)
14. Performances of mythological burlesque (2 words)
17. The Theban general who founded Messene in 369 BCE
21. The Roman term for the seating area of the theater
23. The king of Macedon's advisor and lover(?)
24. A storage room that held a mobile wooden stage during the second building phase
25. The person who presides over games or religious festivals

1. This professor led the excavations of this site (2 words)
2. This is considered the first stone theater in ancient Greece (3 words)
5. Refers to Greek settlements in southern Italy; translates to "Big Greece" (2 words)
6. In mid 1st - mid 2nd century CE, the Hellenistic theater of Messene was renovated into this (2 words)
7. A general of the Achaean League, referred to as the "Last Greek"
11. This is where some of our earliest instances of theatrical structures in the ancient Greek world come from (2 words)
12. The Greek and Roman term for the space in front of the stage where the chorus performed
15. The Greek term for the scene building that often acted as a backdrop
16. The Roman term for the multi-storied scene building that acted as a backdrop (2 words)
18. By the _____ century CE, the theater of Messene was abandoned
19. The Greek term for the seating area of the theater
20. Walkways on either side of the stage that acted as entrances (singular)
22. King of the Macedonians (two words)