Greek Drama Test Flashcards
(25 cards)
Dionysus is also known as what type of God
Party God
Dionysus is the God of
Wine and revelry
Dionysus is the son of which God
Zeus
Dionysus is mortal true or false
True
The first play is a reenactment of who’s life
Dionysus
What is the first play called
Festival of Dionysus
Who is the father of drama
Thespis
Who wrote Oedipus
Sophocles
Sophocles is a what
Major playwrite
What does tradegy mean
Goat song
What is kept off stage in Greek drama
Death and violence
Greek dramas have how many settings
1
How many people does the theatre of Dionysus seat
17,000
The theatre is shaped like a big what
Megaphone
What did they put inside of masks to project their voice
Megaphones
Where does Oedipus die
Mt citheron
What does Oedipus use to claw out his eyes
Brooch
Who founded the city of Thebes
Cadmus
Cadmus killed Aries what
Serpent
What does Oedipus’s name mean
Swollen foot
Dramatic irony
When the audience knows something that the characters don’t know
The chorus is a what
Ideal spectator- knows how to react
To be a tragic hero you have to be of
Noble birth
To be a tragic hero you must have a flaw in what
Personality not choice
