Greek historgy

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