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Greek theatre
all about Greek theatre
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Explain ancient Greece | incredibly advanced,educated,perfectly sitauted for trade,indoor plumbing,first olympic games |
| when did Greek Theatre flourish | 440's BC |
| Ancient Greek religion | 1.worshiped different gods 2.each god had a different sphere of influence on the daily lives of the Greeks . |
| Dionysus | God of wine and fertility son of zeus and Samele Samele was burnt to death,Zeus saved the embrio and Dionysus was born out of his thigh |
| Maenads | Female followers of Dionysus |
| early Dionysus Rituals | intoxidating with Maenads started in forests(females only intialy) music,dancing,drinking,sacrificing goats,sexual activity very physical and spirtual |
| Later Dionysus Rituals | Got so wild so moved into city which encouraged a more organized approach focal piont was alter of Dionysus more citizens of both genders prepared verses instead of improv adjusted to base of hillside (more specatators,better view) |
| Dithyramb | a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus. included 50 men ,prizes were awarded for the best ones |
| women in Ancient Greek | were respected but not same as men excluded in political roles were legally under control of husbands or fathers role was to grow economy(kids) some women had more freedom and could debate with men |
| the Audience | only put on at festivals,citizens duty to attend was drinking and eating but not sophisticated violence was punishable each tribe has sections,women sat separate central seats in front for judges |
| Masks | masks made of perishable linen,cork,ligh weight wood performers used masks masks connected to preformance to the gods masks used due to size of theatre,as subtle facial features would not been seen |
| standard costumes | a long-sleeved, full-length, highly decorated tunic or chiton wore himation (short or long cloaks). worn soft, flexible boot reaching to the calf Female characters wore breast plate |
| tragedy costumes | long dignifieid chiton(robe) bright coulors ,stilts used indecated rank/status symbolic properies |
| comic costumes | not dignified chiton was short and tight padded disfigured bodies |
| satyr costumes | goatskin lioncloth phallus in front and goat tail behind |
| minor festivals | the rural Dionysia -December 1.showed importnace 2.used to bring happiness and hope for spring The Lenaia-january 1.jollier affair devoted to Dionysus |
| Major festivals | The city Dionsia- end of March port reopened and visitors flooded city beggining of spring when Dionsus power was felt, gave new light to earth set up 10 months prior everyone attended playwrites and poets submitted pieces into competition |
| Comedies | imitation of the worst kind of man mock society happy endings man is ridiculed burlesque(comically exagerated) vigours dancing and langauge |
| old comedy (>404) | always topical and fictional (not based on mythology contemporary times Toilet humour, insults, jokes about physical handicaps, ugliness, poverty jokes were NOT made about the plague, the Eleusinian mysteries (very holy), and menstruation. |
| middle comedy(404 – 360 B.C.) | id not allow playwrights the freedom to criticise political leaders had to move away from social and political subjects and turn to mythology or domestic matters. very physical in nature chorus =less important |
| NEW COMEDY (360 B.C. onwards) | not able to touch on politics or social matters; instead they dealt with relationships, finances and love among the Athenian middle classes. colloquial language |
| Tragedies | elevated themes and diction with unhappy endings qeustions about human existance often innocent suffers and evil prospers serious weighty tone arouse pity,feel and a catharis experience based on myth of history started in middle of story |
| Catharsis | the process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions. |
| Aristotles outline for writing a play | plot characters,ideas,music and spectacle |
| Actors | were male ,only 3 per play meaning acted many different characters |
| acting styles | called themselves 'realistic acting' more exaggerated than today realistic acting large gestures,acrobatics,use of masks large musical element,dance and chorus |
| the chorus | 12-15 members had a leader(solo lines sometimes ) usually preformed in a unison but sometimes divided into 2 semi groups stood on orchestra |
| parados | Opening song usually be performed in conjunction with dance movements and appropriate actions. |
| exodos | closing song usually be performed in conjunction with dance movements and appropriate actions. |
| Special effects | macheinery used in ancient greek theatre was high tech kept inside permanent skene |
| The Machina/Mechane | a crane by which the gods were lowered and lifted onto the skene. |
| The Periactoi | : a three-sided/prismatic pillar put on the left and right side of the skene. As they turned around their axon, they changed the background of the scene. |
| The Ekkyklema | a wheeled-platform on which bodies of dead persons were presented to the audience (murder or a suicide was not allowed to take place in front of the spectators). |
| The koilon /theatron | auditorium of the Greek amphitheatre seating. At first the spectators simply sat around the orchestra. Later the Greeks started building the koilon (wooden first, then stone). Its shape was semi-circular, built around the orchestra. |
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