Greek Theatre- Peery 9/03/07
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kennacoconut on September 3, 2009
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 What preceded Greek Theatre? | Egyptian Theatre, 2500 BC |
| Origins of Theatre | Ritual/Shmanism, Song & Dance, Stroytelling/Re-enactment (Death of Osiris) |
| Theatron | Seeing Place |
| Auditorium | Hearing Place |
| What other things gave rise to Greek Theatre? | Ethos (self-pride, human like gods that could be imitated, and Subsidies |
| Dithyrambs | Hymn for dianysis. consisted of getting drunk, orgies, and sacrifices. (Sex, drugs, and rock n roll helps me remember) |
| Tragos | Tragedy. Means "Goat" or "Goat Song" |
| Satyr | Burlesque of a myth of story. what does it sound like?? |
| Dionysus | Greek God of wine |
| Athens | Theatre captial in Greece |
| Periaktoi | a 3-sided wall with a background painted on each side. |
| Skene | Changing room, storage place for props. |
| Parados | The entrance to the stage. "Pair-of-dos"-2 entrances |
| Orchestra | Dancing place on the center foreground. |
| Eccyclema | Where all the violence took place, what dead bodies were brought in on |
| Deus ex Machina | God machine, lifted actors up |
| Conventions of Greek Theatre | Masks are worn, costume colors depict characters and status, props are to give characters quirks, tools like eccyclema are used |
| What did the actors wear? | masks with a microphone, costumes with certain colors, and props for certain characters. |
| What was a normal production? | followed the pattern of exposition, rising action... (you know the rest), violence took place offstage. |
| What was the function of the chorus in Greek Theatre? | represented society; provided advice, opinions, and questions to characters. Heightened drama. |
| How did the chorus change over the years? | The chorus changed in size over the years. went from large to small, or very important to less important. |
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