Greek Theater

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Across
  1. 3. "Seeing place" where the audience sat
  2. 4. Circular dancing place where actors and chorus performed
  3. 6. "machine", a boom that allowed actors playing gods to be lowered to and raised from the stage.
  4. 8. A song or hymn of praise and thanksgiving
  5. 9. Entrance song of the chorus
  6. 10. An open structure with tiers and seats around an open space.
  7. 11. the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus when moving from right to left across the stage
  8. 12. portion immediately in front of the skene was used as an acting area
  9. 15. final stanza of the ode, sung while standing still
  10. 16. a scene of the drama between two choral songs; the portion of the play in which characters engage in dialogue with each other or with the chorus
  11. 17. the closing scene of a comedy or tragedy
Down
  1. 1. the leader of the chorus who often interacts with the characters in the scene
  2. 2. Altar of Dionysus that sits in the center of Orchestra
  3. 5. the part of an ancient Greek choral ode sung by the chorus as a reply to the strophe while moving from left to right across the stage
  4. 7. the paths by which actors entered and exited
  5. 8. the introduction scene to the drama
  6. 11. small hut like building behind the stage used as a dressing room and later as a backdrop for painted settings
  7. 13. choral song (ode) performed in the orchestra between episodes
  8. 14. 12 or 15 actors that represent the general public. They speak/sing in unison and comment on the action of the characters.