Exam 1

Question 1

choral ode

Answer 1

songs chanted by the Greek chorus between episodes

Question 2

choregus

Answer 2

wealthy Greek who produced a playwright’s work at festivals

Question 3

City Dionysia

Answer 3

important Greek festival to honor Dionysus

Question 4

climactic drama

Answer 4

story with a late point of attack, small cast, limited time and space

Question 5

Deus ex Mechane

Answer 5

“god from a machine”

Question 6

Dionysus

Answer 6

god of fertility, wine, and revelry

Question 7

dithyramb

Answer 7

long hymn sung by a chorus of 50 men in Greek theatre

Question 8

ekkyklema

Answer 8

wagon used to bring characters on stage

Question 9

exodus

Answer 9

final scene in Greek tragedy

Question 10

Katharsis

Answer 10

“purgation” Aristotle’s word for tragedy

Question 11

Kotthornos

Answer 11

Hellenistic Greek theatre, platform boot worn by actors

Question 12

mechane

Answer 12

crane used for flying actors in

Question 13

mime

Answer 13

Greek and Roman short dramatic sketches characterized by jesting and buffoonery

Question 14

myth

Answer 14

story or legend passed down through generations

Question 15

orchestra

Answer 15

circular playing space

Question 16

parados

Answer 16

Greek; scene in which the chorus enters

Question 17

periaktoi

Answer 17

three sided piece that could be revolved to show the audience three different scenes

Question 18

pinake

Answer 18

Greek; painted flats

Question 19

proedria

Answer 19

Greek; front row seats reserved for important people

Question 20

satyr play

Answer 20

one of three classic Greek dramas, Greek mythology and history, chorus of satyrs and mythological creatures

Question 21

skene

Answer 21

Greek; scene house behind orchestra

Question 22

tetralogy

Answer 22

Greek; four plays, three tragedies and one satyr play, one playwright

Question 23

theatron

Answer 23

Greek; seating area in the hillside

Question 24

thespian

Answer 24

“actor”

Question 25

thymele

Answer 25

Greek; altar in the center of orchestra

Question 26

aqueduct

Answer 26

channel for water

Question 27

Atellan farce

Answer 27

Roman; improv with exaggerated family situations or satirizing historical/myth creatures

Question 28

cavea

Answer 28

Roman; seating area

Question 29

Circus Maximus

Answer 29

chariot racing stadium

Question 30

Colosseum

Answer 30

ampitheatre in Rome

Question 31

decorum

Answer 31

Neoclassical rule (Horace) actors must behave a certain way based on their social class and background

Question 32

Epicurean

Answer 32

of the influence of Epicurus

Question 33

naumachiae

Answer 33

Rome; sea battles

Question 34

Roman New Comedy

Answer 34

Greek New Comedy + slapstick

Question 35

scaena

Answer 35

Roman; stage house

Question 36

The Ludi Romani

Answer 36

first major Roman festival to incorporate theatre