festival key words- City Dionysia

Question 1

City Dionysia

Answer 1

festival honouring dionysus, includes drama competion-mid march

Question 2

Archon

Answer 2

sn official- choose 3 tragic playwrights + 5 comic playwrights would enter the drama competion

Question 3

choregos

Answer 3

a wealthy citizen would pay costumes and rehearsals for the plays

Question 4

comedy

Answer 4

a play, slaves were clever, women had the upper hand on men and politicians were mocked. 5 comic plays competed

Question 5

Dionysus

Answer 5

god of fertility and recreation, priest of Dionysus sacrificed pig and held a Phallus as symbol of fertility

Question 6

Dithyramb

Answer 6

choral dance in honour of dionysus

Question 7

komos

Answer 7

only men took part in revelry at end of first day

Question 8

libation

Answer 8

drinks offering was poured to each olympian god at start of second day

Question 9

Pompe

Answer 9

festival started with parade through Athens carrying wooden statue of dionysus

Question 10

Satyr-play

Answer 10

mythological plays involving satyrs (half goat, half man) written by tragic playwriters

Question 11

Theoric Fund

Answer 11

money used to pay for poor to attend festival

Question 12

tragedy

Answer 12

play set in mythological world, 3 play wrights would enter 3 tragic plays- dealt with human suffering