Theatre Flashcards
whose death did Sophocles mourn at the Dionysian festival in 406 BC by presenting his chorus without garlands
Euripides
the dramatic festivals in honor of Dionysus in which comedy was particularly important were called
Lenaea
which of Aeschylus plays tells us of the trial of Orestes at the Areopagus
Eumenides
dithyramb
a type of choral lyric sung to Dionysus
which work of Euripides was first produced posthumously in 405 BC
Iphigenia at Aulis
phorminx
one of the oldest stringed musical instruments, intermediate between the lyre and the kithara. had two to seven strings, richly decorated arms and a crescent-shaped sound box
kithara
professional lyre, primarily used by professional musicians
rhapsodes
bards
the Tragedy of Hippolytus which portrays Phaedra as a virtuous woman trying to resist her passions was written by
Euripedes
the Peripatetic School of philosophy was established by whom
Aristotle
who wrote the play Philoctites
Sophocles
to whom was the Catalogued of Woman attributed
Hesiod
the last of the great Greek tragedians was
Aristotle
choragos
in greek tragedy, the leader of the chorus
in greek tragedy violence occurred
off stage
which tragedian fought at the battle of marathon
Aeschylus
a greek actor would have worn a
a mask and buskin
what did the choregus do
paid the expenses of the dramatic production
the area consisting of curving tiers of seats, normally built into the slope of a hill for dramatic performances
theatron
the frogs by Aristophanes features a literary contest between who
Euripides and Aeschylus
of his 120 plays, how many complete tragedies of Sophocles are extant
7
this semi-legendary Greek poet is said to have been the inventor of tragedy, and to have added a single actor to the original choras
Thespis
which playwright introduced a second actor to the chorus
Aeschylus
which play of Euripides contains as a character the daughter of Agamemnon who is now a priestess of artemis
Iphigenia in Tauris
