Origins of Theatre Review

4. fought against the state to secure her brother's burial rites.
7. is tricked and killed by his wife as revenge for sacrificing their daughter.
8. claims the treasury of Athens and leads the women of the city in a strike against their husbands.
12. a convention of Greek theatre where a God descends at the end of a play and makes everything right.
15. tricks and murders her husband the day he returns from the Trojan Wars.
16. Murders her husband's lover and father in a vengeful and bloody scheme.
17. often had lewd humor and featured mythological subject matter.
18. the Greek God of theatre, fertility, and wine.
19. a deliberate performance created by live actors and intended for a live audience.

1. a group of performers who comment (to the audience) on significant plot points.
2. the king who refuses Polynices' proper burial rites.
3. these eventually evolved into theatrical performance.
4. known as the father of comedy, this Greek Playwright is known for his comedic plays & political commentary.
5. one of three common theatrical genres in Greek theatre that featured a prominent character fall to disaster.
6. a Greek choral play written in honor of Dionysus.
9. known as one of the first great Athenian dramatists.
10. worn in Greek theatre to suggest character changes.
11. an emotionally cleansing experience that Plato believed helped people behave as better citizens.
13. Greek playwright famous for writing Oedipus Rex.
14. would deliver news of dramatic events that occurred offstage.