Greek Theatre Flashcards
Piece of scenery
Pinake
A wagon
Ekkeklema
Outdoor performance area
Amphitheatre
Space used by chorus for performance
Orkestra
Crane to lower a person to the stage
Makane
Raised platform
Logelon
An entryway, city, or country
Perados
Three sided scenery for fast changes
Perikaktos
Audience seating area
Theatron
Building used as backdrop and dressing room
Skene
Define tragedy. What is a tragic hero, and what is a tragic flaw?
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.
What two innovations did Sophocles being to the theatre?
Third actors and 12-15 in the chorus
Where did greek drama originate?
Religious celebrations in Rome
Who did the Greeks honor and associate with theatre?
Dionysus
Explain why Sophocles was honored as a hero at his death.
He was honored because he was a military government official and wrote a lot of plays.
The Greeks considered the tragedy to be the best and highest form of theater.
True or False?
True
The plot according to Aristotle is the theme and ideas behind the play.
True or False?
False
Diction is how the actors pronounced the words in a play.
True or false?
False
Oedipus was fated to marry his mother and kill his own father.
True or false?
True
Oedipus became kind by solving the economic crisis in Thebes.
True or false?
False
