The Orgin Of The Drama and Theater Flashcards

1
Q

What is a theater

A

A seeing place

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2
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Who is dionysus

A

God of wine

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3
Q

Who is apollo

A

God of music and poetry

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4
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What are the muses

A

The nine goddesses of the fine arts

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5
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Who are the muses

A
Clio-mus of history
Euterpe-mus of music/lyric poetry
Thalia-mus of comedy 
Melpomene-mus of tragedy
Terpsichore-mus of dancing/chorus
Polyhymnia-mus of religious poetry
Erato- mus of love poetry
Urania- mus of astronomy 
Calliope-mus of epic poetry
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6
Q

Who is pan

A

A God of woodlands (forest god) loved to cause panic

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7
Q

What are satyrs

A

Half goat half man ; followers of pan

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8
Q

What are Maenads

A

Wild women

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9
Q

What is comedy

A

Greek term with plays that have a happy endings

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10
Q

What is Komodo

A

Revel

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11
Q

What is ode

A

Song

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12
Q

What is drama

A

A Thing done

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13
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Midwinter festival when wine was ready

A

Lenean

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14
Q

Wine press

A

Lenos

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15
Q

Greek writer of comic plays

A

Aristophates

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16
Q

Restruct theme festivals, goat songs, sacrifice

Held for dionysus

A

Tradegy

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17
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Ritual dance in honor of dionysia

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Dithyramb

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18
Q

Celebration during which the tragedy were formed

A

Great Dionysia

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19
Q

Highest hill in Athens

A

Acropolis

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20
Q

Base of the Acropolis

A

Theater of dionysus

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21
Q

Songs sung during derithamon

A

Choral odes

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22
Q

Introduced first; funder of tragic drama actor

A

Thespis

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23
Q

Set of 3 tragic dramas, one theme, one plot

24
Q

Semi plays of gods; comedy preformed

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Satyr play

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Wise people who confronted the protagonist and antagonist.
Choregos(wealthy citizen)
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Pyrification of emotions threw pity, tears, and laughter
Catharsis(pity and fear)
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Survival of the old rights
Chorus
28
Gender, age, and mood/personality
Purpose of masks
29
Viewing place
Theatron
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Dancing floor ; chorus preformed
Orchestra
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Hut or tent
Skene(scene)
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Passage way , enterance ramp
Parados
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Stage in front of the skene
Proskenion
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Wonderful Greek theater
Segesta
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Payment of money(coin-like); price for the ticket
Obols
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Intensified the mood of the scene; speak for the people
Chorus
37
Made to project voices
Masks
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Inventor of the mask/megaphone
Choerilus
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Platform that could be rolled out
Ekkyklema
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Rain-show character in fight
Mechane
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God by machine
Deus ex machina
42
First theater; flip of the Acropolis | Could fit 17,000
Theater of dionysus
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Decreation of escideum, marble thrones, orchestra cut 1/2. Pillars added to skene
Changes in the Roman times
44
Ancient healing center
Epidaurus
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The God of medicine ; half mortal half God
Asclepias
46
Beautiful theater of the Greek world
Syracuse
47
Grand theater, city hall. Former Greek colony
Ephesus
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Form of skinny doors
Taormina
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Open entrance way for people to vomit
Vomitorium
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Demonstrates how the seats were supported by archs.
Theater of Marcellus
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Replaced literarely plays in Roman time
Farces and burlesques
52
Developed for fighting(animals/humans)
Amphitheater
53
Amphitheater? Well preserved
Verona
54
Most famous amphitheater
Colosseum
55
Introduced 3rd actor
Sophocles
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Introduced 2nd actor
Asechlyus
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Wrtie about social problems
Euripides