GREEK THEATRE Flashcards
ARCHON
Athenian governement leader who selected a choregos
CHOREGUS
wealthy Athenian citizen who provided funds for chorus
IKRIA
wooden bleachers in the theatron (seating area)
AGORA
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ACROPOLIS
the area where the Dionysus theatre was located (in Athens)
THEATRON
seating area for audience
ORCHESTRA
the stage where the performers acted. Located in the centre of the theatre
PARADOS (OI)
passageway on either side of the skene, used to get to the orchestra
SKENE
palace for actors to change costumes + masks and enter/exit
PARASKENIUM (A)
side doors/ wings added to skene in C425
LOGEION
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PROSKENION
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EPISKENION/THEOLOGEION
roof of skene
CHOROU
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PINAKES
scenic decor placed on skene (painted panels)
PERIAKTOI
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CHARON’S STEPS
tunnel to orchestra
MECHANE
crane used to move characters in the air and place them on skene
BRONTEION
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ECCYCLEMA
rolling platform used to reveal bodies of characters that died offstage
eg. Medea killing her children ; oedipus blinding ; Agamemnon and Cassandra’s murder
Internet definition: “stage mechanism consisting of a low platform that rolled on wheels or revolved on an axis and could be pushed onstage to reveal an interior or some offstage scene such as a tableau. “
CHITON
Long robes that actors wore to be seen
COTHURNUS
added 6inches to actors boots to make them appear larger than life
ONKOS
masks to hide humanity of actors
LYDIAN
soft mode music
DORIAN
warrior music; recall the colonisation
PHRYGIAN
wild & crazy music
LYRE
string instruments
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