key terms canning

Question 1

crane

Answer 1

a device that lifts actors up

Question 2

eponymous archon

Answer 2

leading politician responsible for the City Dionysia

Question 3

Prohedria

Answer 3

front row seating in the theatron for VIP’s

Question 4

theatron

Answer 4

seating area in Greek theatres

Question 5

dithyramb

Answer 5

tribal dance sung in honour of Dionysus

Question 6

Pompe

Answer 6

a grand religious procession

Question 7

Parados/Eisodos

Answer 7

Entry to the orchestra from each side of the theatre

Question 8

cheoregos

Answer 8

sponsor of a playwright

Question 9

orchestra

Answer 9

the place where the chorus stood

Question 10

Proagon

Answer 10

a event which was a preview and introduction to the festival

Question 11

Scholion

Answer 11

a comment inserted into the manuscript by an ancient commentator

Question 12

Liturgy

Answer 12

a tax on the super rich

Question 13

theoric fund

Answer 13

ensures poorer citizens can attend the city Dionysia

Question 14

Tribe

Answer 14

political groups in Athens

Question 15

wheel platform

Answer 15

brought on to show dead characters

Question 16

polis

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greek city state

Question 17

skene

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wooden hut used as a background for the stage

Question 18

peripetia

Answer 18

a terrible reversal of fortune in tragedy

Question 19

kothornoi

Answer 19

soft leather boots reaching up to the thigh

Question 20

himation

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a cloak reaching the knees

Question 21

chiton

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full length robe often ornately decorated

Question 22

kommos

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normal song at moments of heightened emotion involving dialogue between actor and chorus

Question 23

monody

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a solo song by an actor, often at moments of great distress

Question 24

auletes

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word for an aulos player, each chorus had one

Question 25

aulos

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musical flute-like instrument

Question 26

chorus

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dance and sing in the orchestra

Question 27

Euripides

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Playwright, won 5 contests and enjoyed using myths as characters

Question 28

sophocles

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introduced the 3rd actor on stage

Question 29

Aeschylus

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introduced the 2nd actor on stage

Question 30

satyr

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half man half goat, mythological creature, follower of Dionysus

Question 31

satyr play

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Parodied tragedy and was presented after to provide comic relief

Question 32

Thespis

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believed to be the first actor

Question 33

Peisistratus

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A tyrant who ruled Athens in the 2nd half of the 6th century

Question 34

Poetics

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most influential surviving ancient text on the development of drama

Question 35

Aristotle

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Greek philosipher/writer

Question 36

hamartia

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mistake/fatal flaw

Question 37

catharsis

Answer 37

clensing