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Greek Theatre Flashcards

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Piece of scenery

A

Pinake

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A wagon

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Ekkeklema

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Outdoor performance area

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Amphitheatre

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Space used by chorus for performance

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Orkestra

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Crane to lower a person to the stage

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Makane

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Raised platform

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Logelon

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An entryway, city, or country

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Perados

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Three sided scenery for fast changes

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Perikaktos

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Audience seating area

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Theatron

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9
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Building used as backdrop and dressing room

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Skene

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Define tragedy. What is a tragic hero, and what is a tragic flaw?

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Tragedy is the drama that recounts a downfall of a dignified, superior character. A tragic hero is one who lives a life of fortune ______. A tragic flaw is a moral weakness or the vice that causes the downfall.

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What two innovations did Sophocles being to the theatre?

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Third actors and 12-15 in the chorus

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12
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Where did greek drama originate?

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Religious celebrations in Rome

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Who did the Greeks honor and associate with theatre?

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Dionysus

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Explain why Sophocles was honored as a hero at his death.

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He was honored because he was a military government official and wrote a lot of plays.

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The Greeks considered the tragedy to be the best and highest form of theater.

True or False?

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True

16
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The plot according to Aristotle is the theme and ideas behind the play.

True or False?

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False

17
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Diction is how the actors pronounced the words in a play.

True or false?

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False

18
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Oedipus was fated to marry his mother and kill his own father.

True or false?

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True

19
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Oedipus became kind by solving the economic crisis in Thebes.

True or false?

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False

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