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DRAM345 (history) > GREEK THEATRE > Flashcards

GREEK THEATRE Flashcards

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ARCHON

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Athenian governement leader who selected a choregos

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CHOREGUS

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wealthy Athenian citizen who provided funds for chorus

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IKRIA

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wooden bleachers in the theatron (seating area)

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AGORA

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ACROPOLIS

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the area where the Dionysus theatre was located (in Athens)

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THEATRON

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seating area for audience

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ORCHESTRA

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the stage where the performers acted. Located in the centre of the theatre

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PARADOS (OI)

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passageway on either side of the skene, used to get to the orchestra

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SKENE

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palace for actors to change costumes + masks and enter/exit

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PARASKENIUM (A)

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side doors/ wings added to skene in C425

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LOGEION

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PROSKENION

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EPISKENION/THEOLOGEION

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roof of skene

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CHOROU

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PINAKES

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scenic decor placed on skene (painted panels)

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PERIAKTOI

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CHARON’S STEPS

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tunnel to orchestra

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MECHANE

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crane used to move characters in the air and place them on skene

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BRONTEION

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ECCYCLEMA

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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. “

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CHITON

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Long robes that actors wore to be seen

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COTHURNUS

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added 6inches to actors boots to make them appear larger than life

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ONKOS

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masks to hide humanity of actors

24
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LYDIAN

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soft mode music

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DORIAN

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warrior music; recall the colonisation

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PHRYGIAN

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wild & crazy music

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LYRE

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string instruments

28
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AIMES??? (check spelling)

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