The Greek Theater Chapter 17

Question 1

Enthusiasm

Answer 1

The power of having the Greek gods within a person

Question 2

Dionysus

Answer 2

Greek God (Greeks thought he personified both the spring and the vintage, and a symbol of power)

Question 3

The chorus

Answer 3

Group of performers that sing portions of a Greek drama

Question 4

Euripides

Answer 4

Athenian Dramatist

Question 5

Deus ex machina

Answer 5

The appearance of a god to solve a problem of a play

Question 6

Vintage

Answer 6

Old

Question 7

Orchestra

Answer 7

A group of people that play instruments to set the mood of a certain scene or atmosphere

Question 8

Corthurnus

Answer 8

a thick-soled boot or buskin worn by actors in Greek tragedy.

Question 9

Buckskin

Answer 9

Animal skin from a male dear

Question 10

Kine

Answer 10

Cows collectively

Question 11

Ken

Answer 11

Ones range of knowledge or sight

Question 12

How did Greek Dramas arise in Ancient Greece

Answer 12

The Greek Drama began as a religious observance in Honor of Dionysus . From early times stories of Dionysus life were recited at the religious festivals held in his honor and then the stories of the other gods and of the ancient heroes were told as well.

Question 13

Describe the Greek Drama

Answer 13

A Greek drama was in many ways much simpler than a modern Drama. There were fewer characters and usually only three speaking actors aloud on the stage at once. There was only one story told and there was nothing to take the attention of the audience away from this. The Chorus though it no longer told the story, was very important to set the atmosphere and lyrics of haunting loveliness hinted at the tragedy.

Question 14

Describe the role of an Athenian audience during a Drama

Answer 14

An Athenian audience was very critical, and hisses and shouts or groans of approval or disapproval of the play being acted. Sever plays were given in one day and a prize was always awarded to the best, so the audience would stay at the theater until sunset.

Question 15

Describe the anatomy of a Greek Drama

Answer 15

When the play began, there will only be three actors on the stage at once. They will wear very elaborate costumes with masks and elevator shoes. The play was not divided into different acts, instead when there was a break in the action, we shall see the final catastrophe on the stage but a messenger will appear who will give us an account of what has happened

Question 16

What is the play shown in the book

Answer 16

Iphigenia in Tauris

Question 17

Who wrote Iphigenia in Tauris

Answer 17

Euripides

Question 18

Describe the opening plot to the play

Answer 18

Iphigenia very briefly tells her story up to the moment when the play begins. Just as the Greeks had been ready to sail for Troy, they were wind bound at Aulis. The wise men were consulted as to the meaning of this and how the gods must be appeased so that fair winds might be in their way. Calchas, the seer, told them that Artemis demanded the sacrifice of Iphigenia, daughter of Agamemnon, king of Argos. She was sent with the belief that the she was to be married, but when she was about to be sacrificed, Artemis carried Iphigenia to a tribe as their priestess. These Tauri sacrificed all strangers who were cassed on their shores, and it was the duty of the priestess to consecrate each victim.

Question 19

Iphigenia

Answer 19

Daughter of Agamemnon

Question 20

Agamemnon

Answer 20

King of Argos

Question 21

Tauri

Answer 21

A wild tribe

Question 22

Clytemnestra

Answer 22

Agamemnon’s wife: killed Anon.

Question 23

Orestes

Answer 23

Iphigenia’s brother: Killed Clytemnestra

Question 24

Who tormented Orestes

Answer 24

The furies

Question 25

What did the Oracle of Apollo tell Orestes

Answer 25

To go to the land of the Tauri and bring back the image of Artemis back to Attica