Greek Theatre

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• Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Cloaks
peripeteia
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
chiton
hemateon


2. Where the audience sat
Actors were hired by the state.
ekeclema
strophe and antistrophe
teatron


3. Long cloak
chiton
herema
proskene
herema


4. What are the parts of the play?
peripeteia
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
catharsis
mimesis


5. Stage
proskene
Euripides
Dionysia
periactoi


6. Songs of Dionysus
anagnorisis
episodes
dithyramb
choryphaeus


7. Leader of the chorus
choryphaeus
tragedy
periactoi
ode


8. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
hubris
mimesis
thymele
periactoi


9. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Dionysia
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
anagnorisis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


10. Crane from deus ex machina
ekeclema
periactoi
choryphaeus
herema


11. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
teatron
mimesis
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear


12. Building where props were kept
exodus
dithyramb
skene
Dionysia


13. Between the odes
strophe and antistrophe
catharsis
episodes
strophe and antistrophe


14. Pillars on each side of the stage
1. Transition between acts 2. reminded us of the past 3. warned us of the future 4. to give advice 5. ethical framework of the gods 6. sets the mood 7. reflect public opinion 8. ideal audience 9. poet's persona 10. lyric poetry 11. take part in the a
Aeschylus
periactoi
hematon


15. Pillars
catharsis
Euripides
anagnorisis
periactoi


16. What are the functions of the chorus?


17. What happened in 501 BC?
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.
hamartia
choregos
proskene


18. Songs of Dionysus
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia
Dionysia
agon
dithyramb


19. First Greek word for actor
hypokrite
skene
cauducus
parados


20. Staff
Dionysia
thymele
cauducus
chiton


21. Staff
hamartia
hemateon
aegis
cauducus


22. The producer of the play - payed for the chorus
dithyramb
mimesis
choregos
periactoi


23. Purging - cleansing of bad things
ekeclema
hypokrite
catharsis
kothornoi


24. Where the audience sat
cauducus
Euripides
teatron
A celebration in which plays were judged. 3 tragedies and 1 satyr play were usually chosen and then performed. This lasted 6 days.


25. First actor
choryphaeus
strophe and antistrophe
Thespis
hubris


26. Dancing place for chorus
skene
orchestra
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Actors were hired by the state.


27. What are the parts of the play?
anagnorisis
Thespis
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
hematon


28. Stage
episodes
proskene
choryphaeus
Euripides


29. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)


30. Opposing viewpoints or two parts of an argument
herema
chiton
choregos
strophe and antistrophe


31. Area between the stage where chorus comes
catharsis
Sophocles
parados
ekeclema


32. Pillars on each side of the stage
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue
Actors were hired by the state.
Dionysia
periactoi


33. What is Aristotle's definition of a tragedy? (remember - we have to be able to write it on the test from memory.)


34. Box in orchestra
thymele
ode
proskene
dithyramb


35. Festivals- one in spring - one in fall- songs and plays dedicated to Dionysis
Dionysia
orchestra
exodus
teatron


36. Purging - cleansing of bad things
anagnorisis
mimesis
catharsis
choryphaeus


37. Dancing place for chorus
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place
orchestra
teatron
strophe and antistrophe


38. Sudden fail - reversal - a fall from good things
hubris
dithyramb
anagnorisis
peripeteia


39. Long cloak
exodus
chiton
hemateon
ekeclema


40. Crane- where deus ex machina comes from
Dionysia
Aerema
catharsis
cauducus


41. Cloak
teatron
hematon
hemateon
cauducus


42. Shield of Zeus
hypokrite
anagnorisis
parados
aegis


43. Excessive pride - thinking that you can change your own destiny
hubris
choryphaeus
mimesis
parados


44. Between the odes
episodes
ekeclema
teatron
prologue - parados - episode - ode - exodus - epilogue


45. Who hired the actors?
hematon
skene
Actors were hired by the state.
ekeclema


46. Greatest of all the playwrights - third actor - added three members to the chorus
kothornoi
periactoi
Sophocles
time- only takes place in 24 hours - action- one story with beginning - middle - end place- only takes place in one place


47. Area between the stage where chorus comes
kothornoi
herema
parados
1. 'Better than we are' 2. cannot be common or ordinary 3. must act noble 4. must act and choose 5. they are not perfect - must have faults 6. peripeteia- sudden reversal - a fall 7. hamartia


48. What are the qualities of a tragic hero?


49. 'copying' applied to arts- mimicking of real life
thymele
Actors were hired by the state.
mimesis
'A tragedy then - is an imitation that is complete in itself serious - of a certain magnitude - in a language embellished with each kind of artistry...cast in the form of drama - not narrative - accomplishing through incidents arousing pity and fear


50. Second actor around 500 BC - he cut the length of odes
orchestra
dithyramb
Aeschylus
hematon