History of the Greek theater

1. Usage of words to express thought
4. Thespis was the first winner. He is the earliest known playwright and actor. The word thespian,
5. How speech reveals character
9. The slope of the hill served as the
10. Characters support the plot. Their motivation drives the play
13. Something to shock the audience
16. two key influences on Greek drama were the
18. greek drama was presented at festivals honoring the god
20. was the first great theorist of dramatic art
22. imitation of an action
24. The word in Greek means dance.
25. is the origin of our word scene.

2. A flat terrace below the slope served as the
3. arousing pity and fear,wherewith to accomplish a
6. performers in Greek theater can be divided into
7. The word comes the the Greek word theatron, which means place of seeing
8. This rule did not restrict the number of roles to three,because a single actor could play several roles.
11. comes from the Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act.”
12. Song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
14. The arrangements of the events in the play
15. a religious and civic celebration
17. performed by large choruses.
19. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat
21. In the middle of the orchestra was placed a
23. A very wealthy city