Greek Theater Flashcards
Means “place of seeing”, but it is more than the buildings where performance takes place.
Theater
Who are the three well-known Greek tragedy playwrights?
Euripides, Sophocles, Aeschylus
Who said, “Experience travel – these are as education in themselves.”? (This question is so useless ugh)
Euripides
Who said, “Always desire to learn something useful”? (Seriously, it this even beneficial to our future?? Knowing who said these quotes??)
Sophocles
Who said, “Memory is the mother of all wisdom”?
Aeschylus
What are the three types of drama?
Tragedy, Comedy, Satyr
Is a compound of two Greek words, “tragos” meaning “goat” and “ode” meaning song, referring to goats sacrificed to Dionysus before performances, or to goat-skins worn by the performers.
Tragedy
Was the most admired type of play
Tragedy
It dealt with tragic events and have an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character.
Tragedy
Who is the first actor and introduced the use of masks and was called as the “Father of Tragedy”?
Thespis (according to sir)
Were driven from imitation; there were no traces of origin
Comedy
Who wrote most of the comedy plays?
Aristophanes
A humorous tale about a strong woman who led a female coalition to end war in Greece.
Lysistrata
What did Euripides wrote which is an adventurous comedy?
Cyclops
Contains comic elements to lighten the overall mood or serious play with a happy ending.
Satyr (according to sir, this is the correct spelling)
This play is a short, lighthearted tailpiece performed
Satyr
It is an ancient Greek form of tragic comedy
Satyr
This featured half-man/half-goat characters known as Satyrs. They were awful, ridiculous, and usually drunk.
Satyr
A large, open-air structure constructed on the slopes of a hill. It consists of three main elements: the orchestra, the skene, and the audience
Theater
A large, circular or rectangular area at the center part of the theater, where the play, dance, religious rites, and acting took place.
Orchestra
Viewing place on the slope of the hill
Theatron
The stage.
Skene
The side entrance.
Parados
When did this start?
700 BCE - 410 CE
A three-legged furniture that serves as a trophy in the modern times, displayed on monuments that surround the theater
Tripod
Painted panels which serve as scenic elements and are placed in front of openings
Pinakes
A crane which is used to make an actor appear that he is flying
Mechane
A platform used wheel in a dead character for the audience to see.
Ekkyklema
Are masks that had exaggerated facial expressions
Prosopon
Which Euripides wrote, which is a Greek mythological tale of a wife taking revenge against a cheating husband.
Medea
Written by Aeschylus, it is a tragedy about the curse that befall the house of Atreus
Oresteia
One of the most important plays done during the Greek era which was written by Sophocles
Oedipus Rex
