Aristophanes
FESTIVAL ORDER OF THE GREAT DIONYSIA
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FESTIVAL ORDER OF THE GREAT DIONYSIA 
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1. Drama developed from the worship of _____________, god of _______________ who is often shown wearing a ___________ skin, surrounded by revellers, creatures of the woodland ______________, depicted with snub noses, hairy bodies and horsey ________________. 2. The first actor to speak apart from the chorus was ______________ in 534 B.C. 3. Drama reached its highest point in the _______ century B.C. in the city of ________________. 4. Three main tragic dramatists were in order of birth ____________________, ________________, ________________. 5. Name two drama festivals were comedy could be seen ____________________, ____________________. 6. By the time of Aristophanes there were ______ main actors available for a playwright and a chorus of (number) ______. 7. Greek theatres were ______________ in shape, could seat __________ people, had _________________ acoustics. Theatron, the seeing place, refers to the ________________ the parodos/parodoi were _________________.In the text the parodos refers to _______________________. 8. The chorus area was called the __________________. It had in its midst an altar to, _________________ and his statue was present at the festival. 9. Where did the priest sit? ______________________________ 10. Name the stage building, (____________________) the machine for hoisting characters or objects onto the stage, (___________________) the trolley for bringing out "dead" bodies etc. (______________________). 11. What indicated that a play took place at night? ________________________________ 12. Why was there a stage house? A) _____________________________, B)_____________________________ , C)_________________________ 13. Give three facts about tragic costume:
14. Give three facts about comic costume:
15. Who wrote satyr plays? ___________________________________________________ 16. How many plays did authors offering tragedy present? ____________________ 17. Who, traditionally, added an extra actor? _____________________________ 18. Were any performers female? _________ 19. What music would you hear? (2) ____________________________, ___________________________________. 20. Give two examples of animal choruses in Aristophanes's plays? ____________________, ______________________. Who paid for these costumes? __________________________________. FROGS & WASPS
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WASPS and FROGS: The Serious Messages
WASPS
FROGS
PONERIA
WASPS
READINGS:
WASPS - SYNOPSIS
Arrange the statements in the correct order to form a synopsis of the plot of Wasps.
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