Ancient Greek Theatre

Question 1

Name for hymens sung in honor for Dionysus

Answer 1

Dithyramb

Question 2

Meaning of Dionysus

Answer 2

Twice born (goat or bull)

Question 3

Tragedy meaning

Answer 3

Goat Song

Question 4

Festivals for Dionysus

Answer 4

Lenea (January). It is to celebrate merrymaking
City Dionysia held in athens (march/april)
Rural Dionysia (midwinter)
fertility

Question 5

Principles:

Answer 5

characters diologue plot genre themes symbols costume structure conflict

Question 6

The days of city Dionysia

Answer 6

1: major procession
2: Dithyrambic contests
3: competition for 5 comic playwrights
4-6: Competition for 3 tragic plays
7: Judging and awarding of prizes (goat/bull)

Question 7

Name of seats

Answer 7

Theatron

Question 8

Name of stage

Answer 8

Orchestra

Question 9

Name of entrance

Answer 9

Parados

Question 10

Name of backstage

Answer 10

Skene

Question 11

name of center of stage

Answer 11

Altar

Question 12

Sides of Skene, elaborat facade and second story

Answer 12

Paraskenia
Proskenion
Episkenion

Question 13

Tools Used in Staging

Answer 13

3 doors from skene
Pinake (scenic pannels)
Machina: crane-like enterance of gods
Periaktoi (piramid)

Question 14

What the bodies are displayed on afterwards

Answer 14

Eccyclema (circle-cycle)
Exhaustra
(rectangle-exauste-bed)

Question 15

What did the mask do (importaint stuff)

Answer 15

-Gave wearer spirutual power (connection to the gods)
-Allowed actor to play many roles
-Exaggerated features (audience far away)

Question 16

Facts about the masks

Answer 16

Larger than the actors head
-had to be changed for each big emotion

Question 17

Comic Elements

Answer 17

Satire
Impersonation
Verbal humor (puns)
Visual humour (a kind of slapstick????)
Parody
situation

Question 18

Comedy Costume

Answer 18

Mask
onkos
Chiton (knee length)
leather phallus
chlamys (short cape)
Padded pants and tunic
sandles

Question 19

Tragedy Costume

Answer 19

mask
onkos
Purple(sometimes)
Chiton (ankle length)
Himation (long robe) (him-atone cause tragedy has consequences)
Korthini (platforms)