Greek Drama Flashcards
______: 1st actor to step outside the chorus; dialog born (534 B.C.)
Thespis
__________: hymns to the gods. Choral competitions in festivals honoring the gods. (6th c. B.C.)
Dithyrambs
________: added a 2nd step outside the chorus (but thought that his greatest achievement was fighting the Battle of Marathon.b
Aeschylus
City (or Great) Dionysia
- occurred in ____.
- annual week-long festival in honor of _______, the god of wine and revelry.
- beginning with a procession with the statue of Dionysus through the city of Athens, ending at the Theater of Dionysus.
Schedule
- Dithramb contests
- comedy competition: 1 day of 5 plays
- tragedy competition: 3 days, one tragic trilogy each day
- awards ceremony
Athens
Dionysus
City (or Great) Dionysia
- occurred in ATHENS
- annual week-long festival in honor of DIONYSUS, the god of wine and revelry.
- beginning with a procession with the __________ through the city of _____ ending at the _______.
Schedule
- Dithramb contests
- comedy competition: 1 day of 5 plays
- tragedy competition: 3 days, one tragic trilogy each day
- awards ceremony
Statue of Dionysus
Athens
Theater of Dionysus
City (or Great) Dionysia
- occurred in Athens
- annual week-long festival in honor of Dionysus, the god of wine and revelry.
- beginning with a procession with the statue of Dionysus through the city of Athens, ending at the Theater of Dionysus.
Schedule
- _______ contests
- _____competition: 1 day of 5 plays
- ________competition: 3 days, one tragic trilogy each day
- _____ ceremony
Dithyramb
Comedy
Tragedy
Awards
City (or Great) Dionysia
- occurred in ATHENS
- annual week-long festival in honor of DIONYSUS the god of wine and revelry.
- beginning with a procession with the statue of Dionysus through the city of Athens, ending at the Theater of Dionysus.
Schedule
- Dithramb contests
- comedy competition: ___day of __plays
- tragedy competition: ___days, ___tragic trilogy each day
- awards ceremony
Dithyrambs
Comedy competition: 1 day of 5 plays
Tragedy competition: 3 days, one tragic trilogy each day
Awards ceremony
The theater
- open-air AMPHITHEATRE, seating ____ to ____ people
10,000 to 20,000
Open air _____, seating 10,000 to 20,000 people.
AMPHITHEATRE
___: “seeing place”- 2/3 of a circle seating area
Theatron
_______: circular “dancing place” where chorus and actors perform.
Orchestra
Theatron: “________”- 2/3 of a circle seating area.
Seeing place
Orchestra: circular “_______” where chorus and actors perform
Dancing place
________: “tent” - the building behind the orchestra from which the actors enter
Skene
_______: one of the two aisles between the skene and orchestra for chorus entrance.
Parados
_______: altar stone at center of orchestra
-sacrifices to gods here
Thymele
______: pulley device by which gods were lowered from skene
Mechane
__________:(“god out of the machine”) -device in play with intricate ending.
Deus ex Machina
Masks, wheeled platform
- violence always happens offstage. It was improper for it to occur onstage.
- help people at a distance see ______.* megaphone
Expression
Masks, wheeled platform
- violence always happens _____. It was improper for it to occur onstage.
Offstage
Who were the 3 important playwrights?
SEA
Sophocles
Euripides
Aeschylus
_______: wrote 90 plays; only 7 remain. Won 13 contests.
- The Oresteia- the only remaining tragic trilogy(song about Oresteia q.
Aeschylus
_______
- wrote 120 plays; only 7 remain. Won 24 contests.
- added 3rd actor
- the Oedipus cycle
- Oedipus the king
- Oedipus at Colonus
- Antigone
Sophocles
Aeschylus
- wrote 90 plays; only 7 remain. Won 13 contests.
- ________- the only remaining tragic trilogy. Song about Oresties. Most famous for this. Q
The Oresteia
