Across
- 5. Building for members of the council chamber; an assembly hall for magistrates; town hall
- 6. The awning spread over the uncovered part of the cavea
- 7. Raised platform shelf or stage
- 8. Venatorium A complex of hallways and rooms; which housed animals and equipment
- 10. Leader of the Greek chorus; one function was to carry on a dialogue with the actors
- 13. Cavea Highest tier of cavea seating; used by less distinguished audience members
- 17. Spectators
- 19. Actor
- 22. Openings or doors and their frames; which pierce the facade of the skene or episkenion in the Hellenistic theatre
- 25. To view as spectators in the theatre
- 26. Painted panels; temporary scenic elements usually placed in the openings of the Greek skene
Down
- 1. Lyric and dancing performers primarly restricted to the orchestra in the Hellenistic theatre
- 2. Wedge-shaped seating section in theatron; corresponds to Roman cuneus
- 3. Tall boots with thick soles used by Greek actors to enhance their height
- 4. A fabric covering or awning used to shade the audience in the Roman cavea
- 9. Supporting or retaining walls for the audience seating area; more specifically exterior walls supporting the theatron
- 11. Post Scaenas A portico or passageway behind the scaenae of a Roman theatre
- 12. Wealthy citizens who funded performances in Greek Theatre
- 14. Cavea Lowest tier of cavea seating; most desirable seating
- 15. Stairway in theatron
- 16. Seating in theatron above the diazoma
- 18. Theatre; corresponds to Greek theatron
- 20. Four rows of columns; also a meeting place or public square
- 21. Cavea Roman middle tier of cavea seating
- 23. Row of pillars or columns
- 24. Greek religious festival held in honor of the god Dionysos