Chapter: 2 Greek Theatre

Question 1

was long hymn, sung and danced by a group of fifty men.

Answer 1

Dithyramb

Question 2

• credited with transforming the dithyramb into tragedy by stepping out of the dithyrambic chorus and becoming and actor.

Answer 2

Thespis

Question 3

three tragedies and one saytr play by a single playwright.

Answer 3

Tetralogy

Question 4

an appointed government official, chose the plays 11 months before the festival.

Answer 4

Archon

Question 5

the equivalent of a modern day producer.

Answer 5

Choregus

Question 6

• first to develop drama into a form separate from singing an dancing, or storytelling.
  
  • The founder of Greek drama and therefore of all western civilization.
  • Also added a second actor, really allowed for true dialogue.
  • Reduced the size of the chorus.
  • Developed new forms of stage scenery, painted scenery and elaborate costumes.

Answer 6

Aeschylus

Question 7

• noted for his superb plot construction.
  
  • Exploration of character and a focus on the individual.
  • Poetry alos involved
  • Credited with introducing a third actor to Greek tragedy.
  • Told stories as single dramas instead of extending them into the traditional trilogy of three connected plays, this change added more action to the plot.

Answer 7

Sophocles

Question 8

• Sympathetic portrayal of women, the greater realism of his plays, his mixture of tragedy with melodrama and comedy, and his skeptical treatment of the gods and heroes.
  
  • “modernism”
  • Portrayal of the gods as human and fallible, a treatment that was said to undermine the traditional moral order.

Answer 8

Euripides

Question 9

Aristotle 6 elements

Answer 9

• 1. Plot- the arrangement of dramatic incidents.
• 2. Characters- the people represented in the play.
• 3. Thought or theme- the ideas explored.
• 4. Language- the dialogue and poetry.
• 5. Music
• 6. Spectacle- scenery and other visual elements.

Question 10

the opening scene.

Answer 10

Prologus

Question 11

the chorus enters.

Answer 11

Parodos

Question 12

a scene in which two or more characters confront each other and the plot starts to develop.

Answer 12

Episode

Question 13

performed by the chorus.

Answer 13

Choral Ode

Question 14

the final scene.

Answer 14

Exodus

Question 15

s a serious play with a theme of universal importance, which is centered on a leading character of noble standing, with an innate human flaw, who must undergo reversals in fortune and eventual downfall to resolve the play’s conflict.

Answer 15

tragedy

Question 16

most common instrument used .

Answer 16

Aulos

Question 17

• Pokes fun at society, politics, and culture.

* Does not follow the conventions of climatic structure.

Answer 17

old comedy

Question 18

as the writer of old comedy who’s 9 plays still survive.

Answer 18

aristophpnahes

Question 19

a scene featuring a debate between the two opposing forces in the play.

Answer 19

agaon

Question 20

a scene in which the chorus directly addresses the audience, making fun of spectators, specific audience members, or satirizing other subjects.

Answer 20

parabis

Question 21

semicircular, tired area, where the audience sat.

Answer 21

Theatron

Question 22

was a flat area approximately 66 feet in diameter where the chorus and actors performed.

Answer 22

Orchestra

Question 23

• was a rectangular building locate behind the orchestra. Background for the plays.

Answer 23

skene

Question 24

seperated the orchestra and the scene.

Answer 24

Parados

Question 25

from the parados ramps led to an apron-like extension at the front of the scene.

Answer 25

Prosksenion

Question 26

a type of painted flat suspended in the doorways of a skene.

Answer 26

Pinake

Question 27

three sided, a type of painted flat suspended in the doorway of scene.

Answer 27

Periaktois

Question 28

a crane hidden behind the upper level of the scene used to lower actors playing Gods into the paraskenion.

Answer 28

Mechane

Question 29

a rolling wagon or platform used to bring dead characters from the scene onto the paraskenion.

Answer 29

Ekkyklema

Question 30

boots with built up platform soles were worn to make the actors taller and thereby easier for the audience to see.

Answer 30

Kothornos