Greek Theatre Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. an actor
  2. 6. originally an altar on the orchestra
  3. 7. a crane that lifted the “gods” from the scene onto the theologion.
  4. 9. the area directly in front of the scene where the actors would perform
  5. 13. upper and lower levels of the Koilon
  6. 14. the flat roof of the scene, reserved for actors playing gods
  7. 16. a Greek playwright who wrote comedies, including The Birds.
  8. 17. a temporary enclosure with doors
  9. 18. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including The Suppliants.
  10. 19. two prismatic pillars, one stage left, one stage right
Down
  1. 1. were used during the performances. They were kept inside the scene
  2. 2. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies
  3. 4. the first playwright to win the contest at the Dionysian festival in 534 B.C
  4. 5. a Greek playwright who wrote tragedies, including Medea
  5. 8. literally “god from the machine”.
  6. 10. were aisles that actors would use to enter if they were supposed to be coming from outside
  7. 11. Greek God of wine and fertility that was honored in an annual festival
  8. 12. the auditorium of the Greek theatre
  9. 15. a round floor on ground level at the bottom of a hill