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- 4. Theater in the Western World can be traced back to ancient Greece
- 6. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual.
- 11. competed at City Dionysia
- 12. He wrote around 123 plays, only 7 of which survive.
- 15. The word thespian derived from his name
- 16. These high-backed seats were reserved for ______and judges. The owners' names were carved into the back of the seats.
- 18. The slope of the hill served as the
- 19. All of the performers, except musicians, wore
- 21. The action in Greek plays usually takes place in
- 23. served as the
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- 1. was the first great theorist of dramatic art, who defined the word tragedy in his work Poetics.
- 2. A flat terrace below the
- 3. In the center of the seating area, was the best seat, reserved for the Priest of Dionysus
- 5. The performers in Greek theater can be divided into
- 7. comes the the Greek word theatron, which means place of seeing
- 8. The major festival was the
- 9. Greek drama was presented at festivals honoring the god
- 10. was on the side of the orchestra opposite the audience
- 13. comes from the Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act.”
- 14. The word chorus in Greek means
- 17. “imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; . .. in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.”
- 20. during the 5th century had huge advances in philosophy, rhetoric, literature, science, architecture, and visual arts.
- 22. In the middle of the orchestra was placed a