Greek Drama/Literature

Question 1

Performed at festivals dedicated to the god

Answer 1

Dionysus

Question 2

Drama includes

Answer 2

Tragedy AND Comedy

Question 3

Festivals lasted

Answer 3

5-7 days

Question 4

How many types of plays were performed?

Answer 4

3

Question 5

Greek heroes and gods

Answer 5

Tragedies

Question 6

Men vs. Women

Answer 6

Comedies

Question 7

Mocked human vice & folly; often political

Answer 7

Satires

Question 8

3 full plays were performed in

Answer 8

1 day

Question 9

Winning actors and playwrites received

Answer 9

Prizes

Question 10

Costuming was done carefully because

Answer 10

Audience members needed to see them

Question 11

Costumes

Answer 11

Padded

Question 12

How high were the heels in Greek costumes?

Answer 12

8 inches

Question 13

Costumes depicted

Answer 13

Mood of characters

Question 14

Darker clothing

Answer 14

Tragedy

Question 15

Lighter clothing

Answer 15

Comedy

Question 16

Stage area shape

Answer 16

Semi-circular space at bottom of a hill

Question 17

Slope of hill produced

Answer 17

Seating areas for viewers

Question 18

Theaters held up to

Answer 18

14,000 spectators

Question 19

Violence and death took place

Answer 19

Off stage - reported by a character

Question 20

Physical and bawdy

Answer 20

Greek comedy

Question 21

Use of sexual situations, role reversal, innuendos, puns, elaborate and exaggerated costuming

Answer 21

Greek comedy

Question 22

This branch of Greek drama is often not performed today because modern audiences are more reserved

Answer 22

Greek Comedy

Question 23

Began literary tradition - blind

Answer 23

Homer

Question 24

Credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey

Answer 24

Homer

Question 25

First person to appear onstage as an actor

Answer 25

Thespis

Question 26

Introduced 1st principal actor in addition to the chorus

Answer 26

Thespis

Question 27

Initiated the use of masks in Greek drama

Answer 27

Thespis

Question 28

Won the 1st dramatic competition in 534 BC

Answer 28

Thespis

Question 29

First of the three great Classical tragedy writers

Answer 29

Aeschylus

Question 30

Introduced 2nd actor which made dialogue possible

Answer 30

Aeschylus

Question 31

Believed justice would always win in the end

Answer 31

Aeschylus

Question 32

Major trilogies

Answer 32

The Orestaias: Agememnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides

Question 33

Strange death involving turtle and eagle

Answer 33

Aeschylus

Question 34

Second of the great Classical tragedists

Answer 34

Sophocles

Question 35

Won drama competition 21 times

Answer 35

Sophocles

Question 36

Main focus of plays deal with the consequences of people's actions

Answer 36

Sophocles

Question 37

Introduced 3rd character onstage

Answer 37

Sophocles

Question 38

Believes that man cannot escape his Fate

Answer 38

Sophocles

Question 39

Lived past the age of 90

Answer 39

Sophocles

Question 40

Most famous trilogy

Answer 40

Oedipus Rex - Oedipus at Colonus - Antigone

Question 41

The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves

Answer 41

Sophocles

Question 42

3rd of the great Classical tragedists

Answer 42

Euripedes

Question 43

Won Drama competition 5 times

Answer 43

Euripedes

Question 44

Uses psychological reasoning with characters - tries to explain actions of characters, especially Medea

Answer 44

Euripedes

Question 45

Considered 1st feminist playwrite and saw himself as a misunderstood writer

Answer 45

Euripedes

Question 46

Famous during his lifetime, but not popular

Answer 46

Euripedes

Question 47

Tried to emphasize people as hey really were, not as they should b

Answer 47

Euripedes

Question 48

Used deus ex machina - the sudden intervention of a god which could change the story

Answer 48

Euripedes

Question 49

Relied less on the chorus than other playwrites and used more realistic costuming

Answer 49

Euripedes

Question 50

Classical comic playwrite

Answer 50

Aristophanes

Question 51

Used satire/sarcasm to make his point - often wrote on political topics of the day

Answer 51

Aristophanes

Question 52

Wrote Lysistrata

Answer 52

Aristophanes

Question 53

Said to be first feminist play

Answer 53

Lysistrata