Key terms

Question 1

Dithyrambus

Answer 1

hymns to dionysus

Question 2

orchestra

Answer 2

circular acting space at centre

translates as ‘dancing place’

Question 3

Thymele

Answer 3

altar of dionysus that sits in the centre of the orchestra

Question 4

Theatron

Answer 4

spectator seating ‘seeing place’ (embankment)

Question 5

Parados

Answer 5

passageways for the actors to make their entrances and exits

Question 6

Prohedria

Answer 6

the stone seats reserved for prestigious people originally for the priests them (state officials, generals, athletes)

Question 7

Skene

Answer 7

stage building behind orchestra; where we get the words ‘scene’ and ‘scenery’

Question 8

Deus ex machina

Answer 8

stage machine that included a crane used to lower the gods

Question 9

Ekkyklema

Answer 9

cart rolled out to show dead bodies

Question 10

Episode

Answer 10

main action, equivalent of an ‘Act’

Question 11

Stasima

Answer 11

choral interlude that makes comment on the action

Question 12

exodus

Answer 12

final summation and exit of the chorus

Question 13

prologos

Answer 13

introductory scene

Question 14

parados

Answer 14

entry of chorus

Question 15

aristeia

Answer 15

excellence

Question 16

Hubris

Answer 16

arrogance

Question 17

Hamartia

Answer 17

fatal mistake

Question 18

Peripeteia

Answer 18

reversal of fortune

Question 19

Anagnorisis

Answer 19

when a character understands and recognises their true nature and identity

Question 20

Catharsis

Answer 20

purge of emoitions

Question 21

Agon

Answer 21

like a law court where the character states their case

Question 22

Stichomythia

Answer 22

line for line convo used to increase tension

Question 23

Word used to describe outer body/mind exp for dionysis

Answer 23

Ekstasis