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- 3. God of wine and fertility; god in which humans presented Greek drama at festivals
- 7. An altar placed in the middle of the orchestra
- 9. Emphasized the attempts of human characters to control their own destinies
- 12. Earliest known playwright and actor
- 13. Worn by all performers except musicians
- 14. Sixth characteristic of a tragedy; Something to shock the audience
- 16. The backstory or introduction
- 20. A man of noble stature; Main character of a tragedy whos fall results from committing "an act of injustice"
- 21. Comes from the Greek verb meaning "to do" or "to act."
- 25. Ancient Greek word for a king who did not inherit their throne, but had taken it; Did not have the negative connotations that the word tyrant does today
- 26. Wrote about 123 plays, with only 7 surviving
- 27. Very wealthy city; had huge advances during the 5th century
- 30. One of the four performer categories; the word in Greek means dance
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- 1. Part lion, part eagle, and part woman sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes
- 2. The first great theorist of dramatic art, who defined the word tragedy in his work "Poetics"
- 4. "Imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; ..in a dramatic rather than narrative form;"
- 5. Religious and civic celebration where theatrical performances were given as offerings from the city to Dionysus
- 6. songs sung by the chorus that separate several episodes
- 8. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual
- 10. First characteristic of a tragedy; The arrangements of the events in the play
- 11. Fifth characteristic of a tragedy; Song sung by chorus, and should be part of the plot
- 12. Caused by the tragic flaw, typically leads to a gain in self-knowledge and wisdom
- 15. Seat in the center of the seating area, reserved for the Priest of Dionysus Eleutherios
- 17. Fourth characteristic of a tragedy; Usage of words to express thought
- 18. Meaning "hut or tent," was on the side of the orchestra opposite to the audience
- 19. Third characteristic of a tragedy; How speech reveals character
- 22. One of the four performer categories; could play multiple roles
- 23. A flat terrace below the slope of the hill; dancing space
- 24. Second characteristic of a tragedy; Support the plot, drive the play with their motivation
- 28. Source of the word "theater," and means place of seeing
- 29. A fault of character in the tragic hero such as pride or jealousy