Greek Theatre

3. Passageways or aisle’s .
6. Means “Dancing Place”. Where the chorus sang and danced to the audience.
8. The First Theatre Critic. Wrote "The Poetics-- a critical essay on Greek Tragedy.
9. Acting without words.
12. Greek festival which lasted 5-6 days and was meant to honor the god Dionysus.
15. Greek Goddess of War and Wisdom. Athens is named after her.
16. Hymns sung to honor Dionysus.
18. Half man, half goat.
19. Known as the first Actor.
21. Aristophanes and Menander were Greek playwrights who wrote this genre of play.

1. Actors would play multiple roles. They would put on one of these to depict a new character.
2. Greek genre of theatre that was highly sexual and crude in nature and ridiculed gods and heroes.
4. An ankle-length or knee-length garment worn by Greek actors.
5. Means "seeing place". The Seating area for the audience.
7. A large outdoor theatre that was built on hillsides and held 15,000 to 20,000 people.
10. Greek genre of theatre where characters struggle against hostile forces and end in defeat and ultimately death.
11. A group of 12-15 men who sang and danced. They helped to tell the story and served as social commentators for the production.
13. Famous Greek tragedy written by Sophocles.
14. A building behind the playing area that was originally used for changing masks and costumes but eventually became an elevated performance surface.
16. Greek god of wine, fertility, ecstasy and theatre.
17. An actor or actress. Named after Thespis.
19. Aeschylus, Eripides and Sophocles were Greek playwrights who wrote this genre of play.
20. Season in which the City Dionysia took place.