ANCIENT GREECE

Question 1

Acropolis

Answer 1

city in athens
population: 20-30 thousand

Question 2

parthenon

Answer 2

inside;
- statue of Athena (long gone)

Banks were modeled after the parthenon

Question 3

ANCIENT Agora

Answer 3

Marketplace
Important place for ppl to gather
agoraphobia
Hephaesteum - temple devoted to god hepheastus

Question 4

Hephestaeum

Question 5

Temple of Olympian Zues

Question 6

Acropolis South Slope

Answer 6

Where the Odeum of Herodes Atticus ( a rich guy) theatre is

Question 7

Theatre Of Dionysus

Answer 7

Semi circle because it was renovated by the romans

they perform in honour of Dionysus

City is the backdrop (constant reminder of thens as you are watching)

lots of plays reflected what was happening in Athens at the time

important festivals mostly:
- mostly in June (the easiest season for everyone to come together wether wise)

seats 14-17000 people RAHHHHH

earliest examples from the 6th century BCE

Many subsequent remodellings

most of what were seeing are from te 4th century (AD i assume)

Question 8

Epics (literary genre)

Answer 8

sung/performed for many years before being written down

Question 9

Theatron

Answer 9

Seating area for audience (viewing place / contemplating place)

Question 10

Parados / paradoi (cuz theres 2)

Answer 10

MAIN entrance to stage
where the actors / chorus enter from
- one side for entering from city
-the other from entering from the country??

Question 11

Orchestra

Answer 11

performing / playing area
perfectly round in og greek theatre

Question 12

Skene

Answer 12

meaning hut or tent - used as the backdrop
in the theban plays: the palace of thebes
the actors come in and out, never the chorus though

Question 13

Hellenistic Period

Answer 13

T of D in 2ndC and BCE
Greek democracy is done
alexaner the great’s empire
Great age of Drama is over

Question 14

1st century AD (fully rome)

Answer 14

T of D in 1stC AD
Roman changes occur
added tiles

the remains are mostly all roman

Question 15

Epidauros

Answer 15

Theatre at Epidauros

• still used for performance now
• pretty steep

Question 16

Greek theatre characteristics

Answer 16

• use of natural hills
• full circle orchestra
• ## No backdrop (only comes in hellenistic age)

Question 17

Greek Costume

Answer 17

• Masks (no longer exist cuz organic materials)
  (full head coverage)

Limited number of actors you can use (usually chorus plus 3 actors) and like 10 roles so masks used to change characters

Question 18

Kothormoi Shoes

Answer 18

platform shoes - cork sole
that make actors taller, ecxept used quite later on though

used for actors playing royalty