History of Greek Theater - Mohammad Badar

3. Who was considered the father of Western philosophy?
4. What facilitated the rapid changing of roles?
6. The Greek word "chorus" means what?
8. How many speaking actors were allowed in each playwright in contests?
10. What kind of performer didn't wear masks?
15. What was in the middle of an orchestra?
16. the slope of the hill served as the seeing place?
19. What were the non-speaking extras called?
20. What did a flat terrace below the slope served as?
22. A creature in classical mythology who was part man and part goat, famous for being drunk and sexual.
23. the skene is located at the front of the theater, and is decorated with images of what?
26. What in the Western World can be traced back to ancient Greece?

1. Greek drama was presented at festivals honoring the god ____.
2. Where does action in Greek plays usually take place?
5. What was on the side of the orchestra opposite of the audience?
7. what shape was the orchestra?
8. What is the Greek word for a king that did not inherit their throne and took it themselves?
9. Where was the best seat that was reserved for the Priest of Dionysus Eleutherio?
11. ____ during the 5th century had huge advances in philosophy, rhetoric, literature, science, architecture, and visual arts
12. What comes from the Greek verb meaning “to do” or “to act”?
13. How many roles could one actor play?
14. What represented the old men of Thebes in Oedipus Rex?
15. the earliest known playwright
17. What was the monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes?
18. Who was the first great theorist of dramatic art?
21. What is the entrance of the chorus called?
24. What did Aristotle define as “imitation of an action that is serious and also, as having magnitude, complete in itself; . .. in a dramatic rather than narrative form; with incidents arousing pity and fear, wherewith to accomplish a catharsis of these emotions.”
25. Used to refer to actors today