Greek Theatre Notes

09/05/07
Dionysus- God of wine and revelry
Satyr- half man and half goat
ristotle- wrote !The "oeti#s$- the rule %ook of theatre
Si& "arts of Drama- 'lot( #hara#ter( thought/theme( musi#( di#tion( s'e#ta#le
"arts of the Stage)
*r#hestra- the stage- means dan#ing 'la#e in Greek
Skene- s#ene %uilding
"eriaktoi- triangular 'risms with a different s#ene 'ainted on ea#h of their three sides
Deu& es ma#hina- a #rane or derri#k that lifted a#tors in or out of the 'lay
Theatron- means seeing 'la#e in Greek
+kkyklema- a devi#e for revealing the %odies of #hara#ters that are killed offstage,
-ostumes-
-loak( "latform Shoes( .asks( /inger +&tensions
Tragedy- means goat song in Greek
Tragedy- a 'ro#essing of imitating an a#tion whi#h has serious im'li#ations/ a high
#hara#ter falls from gra#e
"athos- destru#tive or 'ainful a#t
-atharsis- an emotional 'urifi#ation or relief
-horus- a grou' of 'erformers who fun#tioned as a #ommentary
.essenger- re'orts of death or violen#e offstage
Thes'is- first a#tor
Thes'ian- means a#tor
Tragi# /law or 0amartia- something in one1s #hara#ter that will #ause their downfall
-omedy- an imitation of 'ersons who are inferior- mainly a%out 'oliti#s
Satire- the first 'lay to #om%ine #omedy and tragedy
es#hylus- wrote the oldest 'lays- wrote tragedies- !"rometheus 2ound$
So'ho#les- won the most #ontests- wanted to %e an a#tor %ut had a weak voi#e- wrote
tragedy- was #alled the atti# %ee %e#ause he took old stories and made them into new
'lays- !*edi'us 3e&$- !ntigone$
+uri'ides- learned from So'hists- so'hists are traveling 'rofessors who tea#h 'hiloso'hy
and de%ate- #alled the 'hiloso'her of the stage- #ontroversial 'laywright- !.edea$-
.edea was the first thoroughly develo'ed female #hara#ter
.enander- wrote #omedy- 'lays are lost
risto'hanes- wrote #omedy- !/rogs$