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Greek Drama Flashcards

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______: 1st actor to step outside the chorus; dialog born (534 B.C.)

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Thespis

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__________: hymns to the gods. Choral competitions in festivals honoring the gods. (6th c. B.C.)

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Dithyrambs

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________: added a 2nd step outside the chorus (but thought that his greatest achievement was fighting the Battle of Marathon.b

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Aeschylus

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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

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Athens

Dionysus

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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

A

Statue of Dionysus
Athens
Theater of Dionysus

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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

A

Dithyramb
Comedy
Tragedy
Awards

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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

A

Dithyrambs
Comedy competition: 1 day of 5 plays
Tragedy competition: 3 days, one tragic trilogy each day
Awards ceremony

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The theater

- open-air AMPHITHEATRE, seating ____ to ____ people

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10,000 to 20,000

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Open air _____, seating 10,000 to 20,000 people.

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AMPHITHEATRE

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___: “seeing place”- 2/3 of a circle seating area

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Theatron

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_______: circular “dancing place” where chorus and actors perform.

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Orchestra

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Theatron: “________”- 2/3 of a circle seating area.

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Seeing place

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Orchestra: circular “_______” where chorus and actors perform

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Dancing place

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________: “tent” - the building behind the orchestra from which the actors enter

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Skene

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_______: one of the two aisles between the skene and orchestra for chorus entrance.

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Parados

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_______: altar stone at center of orchestra

-sacrifices to gods here

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Thymele

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______: pulley device by which gods were lowered from skene

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Mechane

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__________:(“god out of the machine”) -device in play with intricate ending.

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Deus ex Machina

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Masks, wheeled platform

  • violence always happens offstage. It was improper for it to occur onstage.
  • help people at a distance see ______.* megaphone
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Expression

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Masks, wheeled platform

- violence always happens _____. It was improper for it to occur onstage.

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Offstage

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Who were the 3 important playwrights?

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SEA
Sophocles
Euripides
Aeschylus

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_______: wrote 90 plays; only 7 remain. Won 13 contests.

- The Oresteia- the only remaining tragic trilogy(song about Oresteia q.

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Aeschylus

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_______

  • wrote 120 plays; only 7 remain. Won 24 contests.
  • added 3rd actor
  • the Oedipus cycle
    • Oedipus the king
    • Oedipus at Colonus
    • Antigone
A

Sophocles

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Aeschylus

  • wrote 90 plays; only 7 remain. Won 13 contests.
  • ________- the only remaining tragic trilogy. Song about Oresties. Most famous for this. Q
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The Oresteia

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________

  • wrote 120 plays; only 7 remain. Won 24 contests.
  • added 3rd actor
  • The Oedipus cycle
    • Oedipus the King
    • Oedipus at Colonus
    • Antigone
A

Sophocles

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