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Greece and the Theater
I. Greek Theater
A. The theater held _____________ spectators who sat on
__________________________________.
B. The dancing floor was ____________.
C. The changing room was for ______________________________.
D. Men wore ______________ to play ________________________.
E. Actors couldn’t rely on __________________ to convey the characters’
emotions.
F. Actors relied on ____________, ______________, and ______________
to convey the characters’ emotions.
II. Festival of Dionysia
A. The festival was a celebration of _____________, the god of
____________ and ____________.
B. Each year the festival occurred in ___________ or ___________.
C. ___________ was used for both ___________ and ___________.
D. Plays were based on ___________.
E. The audience _____________ with the performed stories.
F. At the festival ___________ dramatists’ plays were performed over
_______ days.
G. ___________ were awarded for the plays by __________ judges.
III. The Chorus
A. In Greek the word “chorus” means __________.
B. During the play the chorus __________, __________, and
______________ on the script.
C. Those in the chorus were __________, not __________ actors.
IV. Aeschylus
A. ____________ was the first Greek dramatist.
B. He ____________ in his own plays.
C. Aeschylus was defeated by ____________ at the festival.
V. Sophocles
A. Sophocles was born at ____________, outside ____________, in ______
B.C.
B. Sophocles lived _____ years.
C. ____________ wrote _______ plays, but only ______ still exist.
D. Sophocles won ________ prize _______times at the Festival of Dionysia.
E. Sophocles never won _________ prize.
F. Sophocles __________ in his own plays, but stopped because his voice
______________.
VI. Oedipus
A. Three famous plays by Sophocles are ___________,
____________________, and _______________________.
B. The name Oedipus means _______________________.
C. Oedipus was king of _______________.
D. Oedipus’ mother was named _____________, and his father was named
____________.
E. __________ is _____________ brother.
F. Oedipus’ daughters are named ______________ and ____________.
G. _______________ is the blind prophet.