Greek Drama

Front 1

In the Poetics, Aristotle maintains that tragedy, the noblest form of Greek art, originated with the ___________, the choral ode sung in honor of the god Dionysus.

Back 1

dithyramb

Front 2

From the dithyrambic chorus, ______ was the first to insert dialogue into the performance, which is to say he introduced the first real dramatic element.

Back 2

Arion

Front 3

________, who is generally agreed to have been the father of ancient Greek tragedy, is believed to have introduced impersonation into the dialogue.

Back 3

Thepsis

Front 4

It is during the ______ century B.C. that Greek tragedy reached its peak with the three great Athenian tragedians, _______, ______, _______.

Back 4

fifth, Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides

Front 5

Most of these stories date back to the remote past of the period, ________, the great Bronze Age civilization which flourished in Greece from about _____ __ _____ B.C.E. and, in all probability, these myths were handed down from generation to generation in an ______ tradition.

Back 5

Mycenaean, 1600 to 1200, oral

Front 6

The ancient Greek dramas were performed each year at Athens as part of the festival of ________, god of wine, vegetation, religious ecstasy, the mask and the theater.

Back 6

Dionysus

Front 7

his festival, held during ______ and ______ when the city was filled with visitors

Back 7

March and April

Front 8

The other Dionysiac festival was celebrated in Athens in ______ and ______, and its name is a derived from the word "______," referring to the women who were driven to ritual frenzy by Dionysus.

Back 8

January and February, maenad

Front 9

During these festivals, all the male citizens, and possibly their wives, along with foreign visitors, would assemble to watch ______ plays produced by ______ ______, each tragedian presenting ______ tragedies and a ______ play

Back 9

twelve, three tragedians, three, satyr

Front 10

The performance itself took place in the open-air theater of______, constructed on the hillside in the area of the god on the ______.

Back 10

Dionysus, Acropolis

Front 11

All the roles were played by ______ actors, wearing stylized masks and elaborate costumes, with a maximum of ______ actors only per play

Back 11

male, three

Front 12

The chorus is not necessarily presenting the ______ view but, rather another ______ ______within the play.

Back 12

playwright's, dramatic character

Front 13

The chorus exhibits a ______ background and understanding of the unfolding action.

Back 13

communal

Front 14

There is no completely ______ life in the ancient world, the ______ fortunes are intimately and inextricably bound with that of each _______ ____.

Back 14

private, city's, individual life

Front 15

When and where was Sophocles born?

Back 15

c.496 B.C. in Colonus, near Athens.

Front 16

When did Sophocles die?

Back 16

–406 B.C

Front 17

Who were two playwright contemporaries of Sophocles?

Back 17

younger contemporary of Aeschylus and older contemporary of Euripides

Front 18

Sophocles was a _____ and a _____; after his death he was worshiped as a ______.

Back 18

general, priest, hero

Front 19

When was Antigone written?

Back 19

Antigone (c.441)

Front 20

When was Oedipus written?

Back 20

Oedipus Tyrannus (c.429)