Across
- 3. something to show the audience
- 5. is a Greek word for a king who did not inherit their throne but had taken it
- 7. wealthy city that had a population of around 250,000-300,00
- 9. comes from the Greek verb meaning "to do" or "to act"
- 12. how speech reveals character
- 13. song sung by the chorus
- 16. in greek means to dance
- 17. songs played between episodes of a play
- 19. Is the earliest known playwright and actor
- 23. This is where the theater Dionysus is located
- 25. the sitting or seeing place for a play
- 28. short and comical play that poked fun at greek myths
- 32. Plays first begin with a prologue, then entrance of chorus, then episodes, separated by choral odes
Down
- 1. Influences Greek Drama and by Homer
- 2. preist of dionysus
- 4. the major festival honoring dionysus
- 6. they support the plot and their motivation drives the play
- 8. was the greatest theorist of dramatic art
- 10. Greek dramas were presented at festivals to honor this god
- 11. performed by large choruses and influenced greek drama
- 14. comes from the word greek word theatron meaning place of seeing
- 15. it is an imitation of an action that is serious and also having a magnitude
- 18. word to describe an actor
- 20. born in 496 B.C and wrote around 123 plays
- 21. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat
- 22. the arrangements of the events in a story
- 24. hut or tent, a place for actors to relax
- 26. was a monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes
- 27. used for rapid role changes and made it easy for actors and actresses to play opposite gender roles
- 29. in the middle of the orchestra and resembles and alter
- 30. usage of words to express through
- 31. the location for dancing in a theater