Across
- 4. First great theories of dramatic art
- 8. people who sat near the back with high ground along with judges
- 11. something to shock the audience
- 12. the priest of dionysius
- 14. dancing space
- 17. the approximate population of a wealthy city in athens
- 19. an imitation of an action that is serious and also as having magnitude complete in itself;... in a dramatic rather than narrative form
- 21. word derived from Thespis' name and is used to refer to actors today
- 23. they support the plot and their motivation drives the play
- 24. a monster sent by the goddess Hera to protect the city of Thebes
- 27. a creature in classical mythology wwho was part mand and part goat
- 30. song sung by chorus should be part of the plot
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- 1. ancient greek word for a king who did not inherit their throne but had taken it
- 2. usage of words to express a thought
- 3. playwright that was born in 496 B.C and was honored with a position in the government
- 5. first winner of the theatrical event
- 6. where the major festival was held
- 7. hut or tent that was on the side of the orchestra opposite of the audience
- 9. the seeing space (place of seeing)
- 10. items that helped facilitate rapid change of roles and made it easier for male actors to play female characters
- 13. lived during the 5th century and is considered the father of Western philosophy
- 15. means dance in green, composed of 15 men who took on identity appropriate to the play
- 16. time period of the first recorded theatrical event
- 18. the main character of the play called Oedipus The King
- 20. comes from the Greek verb meaning "to do" or "to act".
- 22. wrote the Illiad and The Odyssey
- 25. the arrangements of the events in the play
- 26. god of wine and fertility
- 28. an altar
- 29. how speech reveals characters