Arts - Western Classical Plays/Opera Flashcards
Theater began from __, __, and __.
myth, ritual, and ceremony
place of seeing
theater
dionysus in roman
bacchus
the god of wine and fertility
dionysus
religious festival made to honor dionysus
the cult of dionysus
athenians
intellectual
spartans
physical
three well-known greek tragedy playwrights (SophEuLus)
sophocless, euripides, aeschylus
theater of ancient Greece three type of drama (TraCoSa)
tragedy, comedy, satyr
satyr
half goat, half man
compound greek words of tragedy
tragos = goat ; ode = song
most admired type of play in greece
tragedy
the first actor and introduced the use of masks
thespis
thespis was called
father of tragedy
comedy plays were derived from
imitation
wrote most of the comedy plays
aristophanes
comedy play about a humorous tale of a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in greece survived
lysistrata
adventured comedy by euripides
cyclops
theater buildings
theatron
viewing place on the slope of a hill
theatron
a large circular or rectangular area at the center part of the theater
orchestra
the stage
skene
side entrance
parodos
the greek theater
epidauros
women are not allowed to perform
ancient greek theater
women are allowed to perform
roman theater
historical spread of ancient greek culture
hellenization
the first experienced theater actor according to roman historian livy
etruscan actors in the 4th century BC