Greek terms

2. a Greek playwright who wrote comedies, including The Birds.
6. a round floor on ground level at the bottom of a hill
7. Greek God of wine and fertility that was honored in an annual festival
9. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including Oedipus Rex.
10. originally an altar on the orchestra, this became the spot where the leader of the chorus (koryphaios) would stand.
11. the first playwright to win the contest at the Dionysian festival in 534 B.C.
12. upper and lower levels of the Koilon
14. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including Medea.
17. literally “god from the machine”.
18. the auditorium of the Greek theatre
20. an actor. The term was created from Thespis’ name.

1. two prismatic pillars, one stage left, one stage right.
3. platform carrying “dead bodies” that was wheeled on
4. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including The Suppliants.
5. the area directly in front of the scene where the actors would perform.
8. were used during the performances
13. were aisles that actors would use to enter if they were supposed to be coming from outside
15. was a temporary enclosure with doors
16. the flat roof of the scene, reserved for actors playing gods
19. a crane that lifted the “gods” from the scene onto the theologion.