Greek Theater-Harkness
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23 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 orchestra | between theatron and skene; 90 ft. diameter |
| thymele | middle of orchestra; altar for Dionysus or some god; sacrifices made; used as prop during certain plays |
| skene | low rectangular building opposite theatron; entrances and exits; costume changes made here; front decorated as scenery eventually |
| proscenium | level area in front of skene; most of action takes place here |
| theatron | where the audience sat; stone seats rising up and back into tiers; 17,000 in Dionysin theater, some up to 40,000 |
| flute players | sat in one corner of orchestra |
| eccyclema | wheeled platform with a tableau on it |
| deus ex machina | basket lowered down; mounted on roof of skene (divine intervention) |
| lightning and thunder | reproduced |
| prologue | opening scene of the play; one actor or dialogue between two |
| parados | 1) corridor through which chorus passed when coming to orchestra; 2) first choral passage; chant in marching rhythm |
| episode | similar to acts; what plays were divided into |
| stasimon | choral ode at end of each episode |
| exodus | when chorus marches out |
| 475-300 B.C. | the golden age of Athens covered the years_____ |
| choregus | the citizen who paid for the poet's production |
| Pericles | the most famous of all Athenians because he sponsored countless plays |
| Thespis | won the competition in 543 B.C. and invented one actor who was in dialogue with the chorus |
| 24 | Sophocles won first prize at the Festival of Dionysus_____(#) times |
| 120 | Sophocles wrote more than____(#) plays |
| 7 | number of complete tragedies of Sophocles that survive |
| Name some technical innovations that Sophocles is credited with | painted scenery third actor increased chorus from 12 to 15 character/plot development tetrology now has different themes |
| Aeschylus | invented two actors in dialogue with each other and/or chorus |
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