Greek Theatre Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. a tragic flaw
  2. 7. the "seeing place", where we get the modern word "theatre"
  3. 8. credited as the first actor
  4. 10. Greek god of wine & fertility
  5. 12. excessive pride or self-confidence
  6. 13. Author of the Theban triology; considered
  7. 15. ancient Greek hymns to honor Dionysus
Down
  1. 1. best known extant comic writer
  2. 2. the word for still in existence (esp documents)
  3. 3. the purification of emotions through the arts (esp. pity and fear)
  4. 5. the moment of sudden realization
  5. 6. a traditional story that relates the early history of a people or that explains some natural or social phenomenon - it typically involves supernatural beings or events.
  6. 9. the introductory part of a play
  7. 11. from the Greek "tragos", meaning "goat song"
  8. 14. the "dancing place"